Engaging Your People for Success with Lisa Askwith

About Engaging Your People for Success with Lisa Askwith

People are the greatest asset any business has, and all too often they are overlooked and forgotten. It's time you utilised your biggest asset to its fullest extent, don't let your company suffer. Join me weekly for 'Engaging your People for Success' and learn all the many ways in which you can successfully engage your people, developing a massive positive shift in your business, and helping it achieve more than you imagined. The best thing is, when you do this well, not only is it really rewarding, and often fun, but your business becomes sustainable and future proof. Make your business the best it can be, and join me weekly on Thursdays for 'Engaging your People for Success' Each episode has additional written information your might find helpful. Here is a complete listing of Show Notes. (https://www.ibgr.network/show_notes/category/lisa-askwith) Want to continue the conversation? Add your thoughts in the comments section available at the bottom of each page of notes on the site. Simply click "read more" and let's get the conversations started! Catch this show onDemand by downloading the IBGR Business Growth Radio App for Android and iOS and gain access to even more great resources. Find the IBGR Business Growth Radio App on Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gappsy.dashboard.www.android5f61014645cf6) and in the Apple App Store (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ibgr-business-growth-radio/id1535406287). Listen to Lisa on the IBGR Business Growth Radio App.

Publisher

IBGR onAir Talent Lisa Askwith

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Oct 2020

Latest episode

6 Jan 2022

Latest episodes

261 episodes in the feed.

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   6 Jan 2022

   S7 E52 Develop your Future Proof Leadership Perceptions with Lisa Askwith

   Value Creation through Career Paths and accessible Training Opportunities- Your people need to feel valued and this is a key step to achieving that. Ensure you have fair, achievable and accessible career paths and training opportunities that are supported by an exceptional leadership team. In order to make you the best leader you can be you need to embrace this key area and ensure you are supporting it. This is important for a few reasons; Employee’s will stay if they can follow a pathway that is clear and supported Career paths provide brilliant ways for employees to gain further training and be of greater value to your business, as well as themselves. Staff progressing through the business and staying helps promote a culture that is positive and rewarding, and encourages shared success Staff feel more valued and therefore more engaged if they can follow a career path This Engages your People and leads to innovation and improved culture which directly positively impacts the bottom line Developing your Personal Leadership- Always focus on this You may not have given much thought to how adults learn and retain knowledge, but in fact research shows they can be broken into 3 different learning styles….now these are not exclusive, there is overlap, but generally people are more dominant in one area. Knowing this will help you understand how your audience reacts to uptake of knowledge and will help you streamline and prepare key communications with your people. These are; Visual learner Auditory learner Kinesthetic learner Empathy and Value creation is a key pillar to Future Proofing you leadership skills- This is what your people demand. Hence focus on Servant leadership and Coaching to help get you there. Servant Leadership- Originally coined by Greenleaf in the 1970’s- A key to your success Servant leadership is a method of development for leaders. Servant leadership stresses the importance of the role a leader plays as the steward of the resources of the group, and teaches leaders to serve others while still achieving the goals set forth by the business. “The servant-leader is the servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions” Greenleaf- The ten principles of servant leadership 1. Listening. 2. Empathy. 3. Healing. 4. Awareness. 6. Conceptualization. 7. Foresight. 8. Stewardship. 9. Commitment to the Growth of People. 10. Building Community. Coaching Coaching is one of the key traits of an outstanding leader, and the skills you gain through practicing this will lead you to uncovering new ideas, needs, and strategies by working with your people. This naturally starts to future proof your leadership skills and keeps you ahead of the competition.. It is something that can be learned and will set you apart as a great leader if you can master the habits and make them part of your leadership style. Coaching is defined in many ways. The essence of coaching is: To help a person change in the way they wish and help them go in the direction they want to go. Coaching supports a person at every level in becoming who they want to be. Coaching builds awareness and empowers choice that leads to change. It unlocks a person’s potential to maximise their performance. Coaching helps them to learn rather than teaching them. Coaching is a learned skill, and like a muscle it is one of those things that can be developed with training and use. The more you practice it the stronger it gets, until it becomes second nature and forms a key part of your core business skill set.

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   6 Jan 2022

   S7 E51 Develop your Future Proof Leadership Core skills with Lisa Askwith

   Learn to communicate and collaborate Communication and collaboration are vital to achieving a streamlined team. Every opportunity to foster teamwork should be embraced, this is a mindset shift for many leaders who are used to ‘telling’ instead of involving themselves. Group training that features Agile based games and exercises can also build bonds and be enjoyable, if you are struggling to achieve this. This aids in the development of effective communication. Be transparent (as much as possible) Sharing responsibility and being accountable are key factors in transparency. That means not just holding your team accountable, but you too! At the end of the day, it is a team effort. Withholding data or important information will do more harm than good, as will being directive without discussion or acceptance of ideas. Transparency in giving performance feedback and tracking growth and development boosts team morale. Don’t miss out on using these core skills. Stay humble and reflect- This is the hardest mindset shift for many leaders! Human error can sometimes produce negative outcomes. Instead of dwelling on the negatives, you should be able to take it as a learning experience and move on. Fail fast- fail forward- this helps keep everyone on track. People make mistakes for various reasons, understand them first and then you have the opportunity for growth and learning to occur. Develop you agile mindset skills to the point they are second nature The agile mindset places value on constant improvement, in today's constantly changing workplace this is a great benefit to you!. This is applied to software, techniques, and the people involved. Things and people always have room to improve and reach their highest potential, therefore growth and progress is an ongoing process. It also doesn’t just benefit employees. It boosts the performance of the firm as a whole, adn allows you to engage as a leader across all spectrums of the business and the people's needs. This is what will help future proof your leadership. Don’t let your business suffer, let me help you make your business the best that it can be by utilizing your greatest assets, Your People!!!! Subscribe for free to the entire season of Engaging Your People for Success Subscribe Most businesses and leaders need help to really see this key area with ‘fresh eyes’. If you have reached this point do contact me directly at lisa@apexbrs.com for a free no obligation discussion of just where you are and how we may be able to help. Tags; strategy and culture, aligning culture and strategy, strategy implementation, strategy vs culture, culture and strategy, business strategy, strategic planning, strategy software, humantelligence alignment, organizational culture, cultural change, strategy cascade, strategy, culture, align team goals, objectives, technology, people, training, continuous improvement

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   6 Jan 2022

   S7 E50 Build your Leadership Mindset with Lisa Askwith

   The value needs around training are the biggest driver in the current and future workforce, so that means you need to be agile in your thinking as this is a big change from the previous 20 years. This is why building your leadership mindset, and being agile your self is so key to future proofing your leadership. Embrace Continuous Learning You no longer have all the answers, and if you want to be a future proof leader, you need to acet this and look at the solution. The solution is continuous learning, allowing yourself to keep challenging assumptions and grow in your role. This is key to keeping you ahead of change and dealing with crises. If you run a department this should also be an area you focus on for your people. They want continuous learning as they know it future proofs their careers. So use this to your benefit, allow yourself and others to access learning and focus on developing a learning culture in your team or business. This is a win-win as it supports your people, improves revenue, and creates a positive and supportive culture. Don't miss out on this key opportunity. To help you get there, or your leaders get there, you might need to make a key mindset shift, and that is to embrace Agile thinking into your leadership tool kit, and have it become a part of your everyday thought process. Agile Leadership is key to your business success and to Future Proofing your Leadership skills The Agile Manifesto which was software focussed also sums up what we need to do to future proof our leadership skills- probably not surprising as this is looking at new Technology and your leadership skills need to be doing the same, especially if you want to future proof your skills. This manifesto values the following: “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan.” The core principles of Agile are: Customer satisfaction is the top priority. Embrace logical change at every step of the project. Create working deliverables then gradually improve them. Business and tech people need to work together. Build projects around motivated teams to produce quality results. Face to face communication is preferred over other forms of interaction. A working product is the best measure of success. Aim for a sustainable pace of development. Invest sufficient time to produce quality products. There is power in simplicity. Self-organizing teams are ideal. You can learn valuable lessons from both failure and success. Keeping these principles in mind can help you and your team to become more open-minded to the agile mindset approach. They are the core values that help to nurture more efficiency in teamwork. Hence they are goals you need to incorporate into your everyday work styl in order to start to develop your agile mindset. Don’t let your business suffer, let me help you make your business the best that it can be by utilizing your greatest assets, Your People!!!! Subscribe for free to the entire season of Engaging Your People for Success Subscribe Most businesses and leaders need help to really see this key area with ‘fresh eyes’. If you have reached this point do contact me directly at lisa@apexbrs.com for a free no obligation discussion of just where you are and how we may be able to help. Tags; strategy and culture, aligning culture and strategy, strategy implementation, strategy vs culture, culture and strategy, business strategy, strategic planning, strategy software, humantelligence alignment, organizational culture, cultural change, strategy cascade, strategy, culture, align team goals, objectives, technology, people, training, continuous improvement

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