What Behaviours Define You as a Leader?

High performance work cultures demand a great deal from their leaders. At Performance by Design, we put a lot of work into helping individuals define their mode of leadership and believe that strong leadership has some key principles that extend on throughout styles and modes of leadership.

What does it mean to lead by example?

Key to it all is the efforts you make to lead by example. By that, we mean that a good leader exhibits the sorts of characteristics they want to see out of their team and their workplace culture. Good leaders need to be those who deliver on their word, know their field, and work hard. But further than that, we’ve found that good leaders tend to be comfortable and competent in:

• Showing Vulnerability:  Instead of hiding weakness to appear competent, leaders must expose fallibility and actively invite feedback. 
• Embracing the Messenger: Embrace and encourage members who deliver tough feedback or bad news that matters to the team. This creates safety and encourages people to speak the truth fearlessly.
• Sharing their Vision: This involves communicating effectively and helping your team make the connection between their role and the future you share together.

Why challenging times are so important

Each of these behaviours are important, but perhaps the most difficult aspect of all is consistency. It simply isn’t easy to turn up every day and perform the way you should – and this can be made all the harder when times get challenging.

Challenging circumstances bring about what we call ‘threshold moments’ – points at which you as a leader have the opportunity that you’re someone that your team can rely on to deliver. In this way and more, you can define your mode of leadership, and give your team something to rally around when times get tough.

Get in touch with Performance by Design

Through leadership development programs and individual leadership coaching, the team at Performance by design can help you define your leadership style and push for better within your organisation. Reach out to us today to get started. Let’s Talk