10 Leadership Essentials For 2022
10 Leadership Essentials For 2022
10 Leadership Essentials For 2022
Skills and strategies to set your business and its teams up for a successful year, with a
particular eye towards inclusivity and adaptability.
By Angela Kambouris
February 8, 2022
The massive upheavals of 2020 and 2021 have threaded crisis and
uncertainty throughout just about every organization around the
globe. In considering this, I'm reminded of the fact that when severe
storms hit, yes, buildings fall and communities are disrupted, but
something as simple as a palm tree can survive by bending, not
breaking.
Managers who lead with empathy are more likely to develop high
levels of trust with their employees, foster a culture of transparency
and proactively ask questions to understand contexts better. To these
ends, self-awareness is a foundational capability, in part because it
helps people identify strengths and areas in which they could benefit
from development. By building emotional intelligence, leaders can self-
reflect and recognize their impact on others — to lead with humility
and integrity. Just as self-awareness is crucial for authenticity, sharing
information and ideas freely and listening with the intent of
understanding can empower leaders to influence, impact and inspire.
"If l provide feedback, would this correct or enhance the behavior and
shift performance?" "Is now the best time to deliver it?"
5. Invest in capabilities
Recent Gallup research has borne this out: In its 2021 book, Wellbeing
at Work: How to Build Resilient and Thriving Teams, poll results
indicate that those cultures with effective work-life integration and
growth opportunities are better positioned to retain talent. Workplaces
can implement various strategies to do this, such as LinkedIn
worldwide giving a paid week off to employees as an opportunity to
unplug and recharge. The Wanderlust Group took it one step further
by implementing a four-day work week to mitigate burnout, regarding
it as versatile recruiting tool. Leaders also need to ensure a level
playing field for all employees alongside these benefits.
9. Embed practices