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Be strategic about how you lead a remote team

As businesses all across Australia prepare more and more of their workforce to work from home I’ve been thinking and talking with leaders about what they will be doing differently as a leader of a remote workforce.

Remote working and flexible working are not new concepts to leaders and teams. What is new is that remote working is very likely to be a requirement for all of the team and not just for those members that choose it. The lack of choice around this issue and the speed with which organisations are being forced to act brings in complications and issues that leaders must deal with on the fly.

Setting your team up with the tools and technology they need to work from home is important.

What plans are you putting in place to lead your team remotely?

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Five sure-fire ways to boost your self-awareness

Are you looking for ways to increase your level of understanding and self-awareness of a situation or relationship?

Raising our self-awareness comes with many benefits. We learn more about ourselves and build stronger connections with others. We can be more effective and responsive when change happens and we are clearer in our decision making. We can also be more creative and innovative and, strengthen our sense of compassion and empathy.

Here are 5 simple strategies we can all use to boost our self-awareness:

1. Reflect on a situation or interaction with purpose….

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10 simple ways to expand your empathy skills

Empathy is an indispensable leadership skill. Empathetic leaders know how to step into someone else's shoes and truly understand their situation, perspective and feelings. 

Empathetic leaders also know there is a difference between empathy and sympathy. Sympathy is feeling concern for another and sharing in their feelings or struggle. Empathy is understanding a situation from another's perspective and being able to communicate that understanding back to them. 

Strong empathy skills help leaders to: 

·         Build relationships grounded in trust and understanding. 

·         Develop an accurate understanding of people's views, expectations and desires.

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Are you a purposeful leader?

A lot has been written about leading with purpose - about leaders who inspire and motivate others by sharing their ‘why’.

As leaders we know its good practise to spend time defining, explaining and refining the purpose behind our vision and plans.

Something else I've noticed is that a leader clear in their purpose is disciplined about how they work daily to achieve it.

These leaders never forget that what they do, what they say and what they focus on must always move them, their team and their organisation towards what they are striving to achieve. 

Are you a purposeful leader?  

Are you mindful in your approach to your work and leadership?

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2 simple ways leaders use reflection

Reflection is a vital part of learning from experience. Great leaders consider situations from different perspectives and dedicate regular thinking time to deliberate their actions, thoughts, intentions, purpose and behaviour. 

Here are 2 simple ways leaders use reflection:

1.     Retrospective reflection - Leaders consider an issue in the (recent) past and focus on lessons learnt and/or improvements for next time. They consider questions such as; What would I do differently next time? Who could I talk to about this? What resources can I call on to support me? 

2. Prospective reflection - Leaders look

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Here's one way to get what you need out of every meeting you attend. . .

Ever walked out of a meeting thinking ‘what the’?

Could you sometimes be the one that creates that response in yourself or others?  

What can you do to make meetings you attend more effective for you? Here’s my #1 tip, and it's guaranteed to improve the quality of any meeting you attend every single time - be clear on your purpose before you walk into the meeting.  I've learnt (the hard way) that whenever I am not clear on my own purpose for a meeting

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