Head 4 Leadership’s Mission: To increase leadership resilience, courage and compassion
There is a quote about leadership that Head4Leadership particular like:
‘The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humour but without folly’.
Jim Rohn
Our Leadership Workshops harnesses and share people’s experiences of leading and of being led in the workplace. We explores the behaviours that stimulates trust, creativity and performance. There are plenty of examples where the style and skill of a leader influences strongly a company’s leadership culture and people engagement; and ultimately it’s performance.
Who are you ‘being’ as a leader?
The examples below are anecdotal evidence from interviews conducted by Head 4 Leadership. They show who a leader is ‘being’. One is ‘being’ threatening, another’s ‘being’ stimulates confidence and value, one is ‘being’ lost and the other is ‘being’ vulnerable and expressing a desire to be better. These quotes match-up to more rigorous research in learning and development conducted by the likes of Gallup and Forbes, which indicates what matters to those you lead that can steer how you show up for them.
A few quotes below from Head 4 Leaderships interviews capture how your leadership impact is vital to success and reputation.
Anecdotes of the leadership experience
About being led
He was a bully, but charmed and blinded the top team with his charts and gizmos. I can’t tell you how many people he was rude to, ridiculed and took their ideas as their own. How do these smart people at the top not see what we see?
They were the ‘go to’ person from the senior team; no ego, calm and they’d listen. They wanted to know my views and a they were respected by EVERYONE – a one off!
About being leading
I had a team member who was a nightmare. I dreaded seeing them and didn’t know how to handle them. I know my peers were delighted they weren’t in their team; and they couldn’t offer any ideas because they didn’t know what to do either.
Its not the decision making and difficult choices that I find the hardest. These are challenging, but not nearly as much as getting the communication of them right. I have received very direct feedback and it can be tough to hear!
The ‘Head4Leadership’ Workshops
As the name suggests our workshops combine ‘head’ – neuroscience with ‘leadership’ tools and knowledge. Adapted design to meet your challenges and to create a positive leadership culture within your organisation. The content is aimed at increasing the impact of how you lead as a communicator, decision maker, builder and motivator for your team, an adaptor to change and uncertainty.
Included are insights and resources that when tried and tested raise confidence and heighten your courage to lead. Building leadership courage enables the challenges for your team or business to be faced with compassion and confidence.