Evolve: Leadership Impactcast

Inexperienced leaders sometimes have a tough time gaining the trust of their new team members.  This episode provides tips that can not only benefit new leaders but it provides great reminders for existing leaders.  Listen in for ideas you can use to build engagement within your team…  

In this episode Yvette shares the value and purpose of mentoring. What distinguishes good mentors from great ones is that great mentors don't aim to create clones of themselves, they focus on the individual's inherent strengths and seek to bring out their unique qualities.

Some leaders speak about themselves, profusely, using words like “I” or “we” whenever they speak about their teams.  Others use “we” language because they attuned to their team members and  are able to demonstrate inclusive behaviours that align with their language.  Then there are those who are somewhere between these two extremes.  “We” language is important for leaders who would like to build trust levels and team engagement.  Listen in for Yvette’s tips…  

Whether you are aware you are modelling behaviours as a leader or not, you are. This episode provides you with tips you can use to consciously model behaviours and manage your expectations so you don’t put pressure on members of your team to be just like you.  Listen in for more details…

Are you looking for a new way to improve team performance?  Check out Multi-Person Communication for ideas you can use to shift from an “I” perspective to a “we” perspective and strengthen the engagement of your team through improved communication.  Listen in for helpful tips…  

Yvette shares the importance of change in your organization. 

There are different types of networks that exist.  Some of them are built by arbitrary action and others are built deliberately through planning and focused effort.  In this episode, Yvette provides you with practical strategies you can use to build networks successfully.

Have you received feedback from a coworker that triggered something deep within you, causing you to defend yourself or worse, to become angry?  Have you provided what you thought was reasonable feedback to a member of your team and you received an unexpected response? Listen in for ideas you can use to reinvent how you provide feedback.

  Are you overlooked because your coworkers are play power games that keep you in the shadows? Have you been thrown under the bus by your coworkers? In the modern workplace culture, engagement, and people are becoming increasingly important to the sustainability of your organization. Listen in to learn how to shift from power to empowerment…

Are you waiting for your employer to notice the value you bring to the team?  Are you living up to your fullest potential in your career?  Is your supervisor dangling the carrot, telling you there are plans for you yet you are never privy to those plans.  I invite you to listen in to learn how you can take control of the direction of your career and achieve your goals.  

Are you working in a hostile environment? Is going to work difficult because you are being bullied? There are no limits to the tactics that bullies can employ.  They negate everything you say, tell lies, or ignore you. They practice unethical behaviour or harass you.  Whatever the case, you are invited to listen in to learn more about bullying and what can be done about it.  

Are you feeling stifled in a highly controlled culture? I often encounter various cultures that exhibit control in various ways.  In some of these cultures, employees are exposed to autocratic leaders whose leadership style ensures these employees will not take initiative.  In fact, in some highly controlled cultures, I have encountered leaders who go as far as saying “I don’t pay you to think, just do as you are told”. I invite you to listen in to learn more about freedom cultures.  

Have you been putting off your development as a leader because you just don’t have the time?  Or do you feel you would like to sacrifice your development so members of your team can get the limited training funds?  Whatever the reason for delaying your development, this episode will show you the risks of making yourself a secondary priority and what you can do to enhance your leadership skills.

Have you ever said something to someone and you were surprised by their reaction?  Tone is a powerful communicative tool.  It can support a conversation and connection or completely derail them without self-awareness.  Listen in to learn how you can master the art of using tone to build a strong, cohesive team.

Are you struggling with managing your boundaries at work?  Are there persons who just don’t respect your boundaries and want you to respect theirs?  Are you stressed by frequent interruptions when you have deadline pressures?  Whatever your boundary challenge, Yvette provides you with practical strategies you can use to immediately establish boundaries at work and decrease your stress levels.  

Do you describe yourself as a passionate leader and you  are struggling to build an engaged team?  Do you have team members who do not share their views with you?  Tune in for tips you can use to build your brand as a passionate leader.  

Are you stressed or overwhelmed because unrealistic goals have been set for you and your team without your input? Do you review your goals and feel a deep sense of dread because it is impossible to meet them? Are you anxious about going to work because your coworkers are willing to undermine you in order to achieve their unrealistic goals?  Listen in for tips you can use to decrease your stress.  

In the modern workplace, leaders are expected to do more and more with less resources.  This is a stressful proposition because in some organizations this means the team complement gets reduced.  In other organizations there are insufficient tools available, and in others, employees are not properly trained.  As the ever changing external environment drives deeper and deeper cost cutting, resource availability can become an ongoing challenge.  Listen in to learn how you can improve your resourcefulness as a leader.  

Are you tired of feeling stuck at the same level in your career and you have no clear path for growth?  Are you working hard and you can’t understand why you are not being recognized for your contribution?  This podcast provides you with practical steps you can use to transform your performance and take your career to the next level.  

 The Wells Fargo case study is an interesting one that presents the question, “Did the employees cause it or was it the Culture?”  On one hand, the CEO indicated the scandal happened because of unethical employees.  On the other hand, whistleblowers claimed employees responsible for sales were under extreme duress.