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Podcast Episode #55 — How To Improve Your Leadership with Effective Feedback

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Hello, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right Podcast, Episode 55: How To Improve Your Leadership with Effective Feedback.

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Tip of the Week

Hi friends! I hope you are doing well and enjoying life. Today, I want to start with a quick tip. As a leader or as a follower, it is so important to have patience, understanding, and just be kind.

Most leaders sincerely care about the well-being of those they lead. They work hard and do their very best. Give them the benefit of the doubt and don’t be overly critical.

If you don’t understand why they are doing something a certain way, just ask them. You never know what demands, challenges, or difficulties they face, so be understanding, patient, and try to put yourself in their shoes.

Sneak Peek

In today’s episode, we are going to look at types of feedback, how to request and give it, and four groups from which to ask feedback.

Leadership Done Right Podcast Feedback Request

With that thought in mind, I want to let you know that I am doing my very best to make each episode beneficial to each of you, so you can become a better leader. I share practical leadership tips and insights, interview great leaders with a variety of backgrounds, and share inspirational stories. [Read more…] about Podcast Episode #55 — How To Improve Your Leadership with Effective Feedback

Podcast Episode #34 — Feedback — The Most Powerful Keys to Success with Kevin Kruse

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Hello, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right Podcast, Episode 34: Feedback — The Most Powerful Keys to Success with Kevin Kruse.

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Get to Know Kevin

Podcast Episode #34 — Feedback — The Most Powerful Keys to Success with Kevin KruseOur guest today is on a mission to make, over the next ten years, 100 million leaders.

LEADx

With that goal in mind, he founded LEADx, a next generation online learning company that offers free leadership training and professional development to everyone, everywhere, at any time.

Leadership Training

He also continues to make time to personally work with leaders around the world including Marine Corps officers in the Pentagon, non-profit leaders in Pakistan, and entrepreneurs in Kenya.

New York Times Bestselling Author

His previous companies have won Inc 500 and Best Place to Work awards, and he is a New York Times bestselling author of six books.

Our Connection

We connected back in 2013, and I have followed him on his website and podcast ever since. I am honored and humbled to have him on the show today. Our guest today is Kevin Kruse. Kevin, welcome to the show!

Entrepreneurship to Leadership

From age 21 on, Kevin has always started and run companies. “When I think back on my early failures, it’s been either because I didn’t know how to use time to be productive, or because I didn’t know how to lead people. I didn’t understand the importance of leadership.”

“Leadership is really THE most important variable to having a successful life, whether you’re in business or not. When I sold the last company, I decided that while I am taking some time away from being an entrepreneur, let me just explore, think harder, and share what I have learned about leadership and productivity. It’s been kind of a one decade pause to reflect on what’s worked for me and what hasn’t.” [Read more…] about Podcast Episode #34 — Feedback — The Most Powerful Keys to Success with Kevin Kruse

How to Check if Your Leadership Skills Are Good in Practice

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This is a guest post by Alex Williams. She is a journalism graduate and enjoys writing about leadership skills.

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” Ronald Reagan

How to Check if Your Leadership Skills Are Good in Practice - Ronald Reagan

Being a leader of a company means holding together dozens of different strings and making sure everything functions perfectly. This is much more difficult than it sounds and requires a certain set of leadership skills, including: organizational abilities, time-management and proficiency in communication.

How to Check if Your Leadership Skills Are Good in Practice

One trait that only the best among the leaders have is constant re-evaluation of those leadership skills. If you want to be a great leader, here are some approaches you can use to check if your leadership skills are actually good in practice.

How to Check if Your Leadership Skills Are Good in Practice
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Analyze your personal characteristics

Are leaders born or they are made? Regardless of your opinion, it’s important to constantly question your personality traits and do your best to improve where you can. Some of the aspects you should constantly work on are: self-confidence, positive mindset, and emotional intelligence and communication skills. [Read more…] about How to Check if Your Leadership Skills Are Good in Practice

10 Easy Steps To Become a Better Leader Today

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If your goal is to become a better leader today, you have come to the right post! This post focuses on 10 easy steps you can start taking right now to become a better leader.

1. Know/Learn Your Strengths and Weaknesses

Many good leaders know some of their strengths and weaknesses, but the best leaders have an intimate knowledge of them. They know exactly what skills, habits, and attributes they possess that allow them to get the most bang for their buck. When you know your own strengths and weaknesses, you can leverage your strengths and hire others to handle tasks related to your weaknesses.

So how can you come to know your strengths and weaknesses? There are many things you can do to identify your strengths and weaknesses. You can write a list of what you do well and what is challenging for you. You can also take a self assessment that looks at your strengths and your weaknesses. My favorite self-assessment tool is found in the book called Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath.

2. Surround Yourself With Great People

Great leaders surround themselves with great people. They get great people to do many things for them. For example, some include:

  1. Subject matter experts to oversee groups or projects they either don’t have time to address or are outside their area of expertise
  2. Other team members on your work team
  3. Business/financial consultants to help them make good personal and business financial decisions
  4. Mentors/coaches that can help them learn and grow as a leader
  5. Good friends that will tell them what they need to hear to grow at the time they need to hear it

This list is just a small sample of the great people with which leaders surround themselves. The key is putting people in your life that will have a positive impact on you and help you to be your best self. If you are wanting to grow as a leader, it is very important to find and put people around you that will help you reach those goals.

3. Increase Your Knowledge

To increase your knowledge there are many things you can do. You can read books about leadership, specific leaders that have gone through challenges and overcome them, self development, or books that explain leaders failures so you can learn from their mistakes. There are many different aspects of leadership that you can learn from books.

In addition to books, there are many other steps you can take to learn more about leadership. You can enroll in classes that focus on improving leadership, organizational behavior, and/or interpersonal interactions. There’s also classes that focus on your specific business or your chosen profession.

Additionally, you can take these classes online, at your local university or community college, or through adult education classes offered in your community.

In addition to books and classes you can also learn about leadership through Podcasts, blog posts, YouTube channels, leadership forums, and many other outlets. What’s most important is that you seek learning to become a better leader. The best leaders are always doing everything they can to learn. [Read more…] about 10 Easy Steps To Become a Better Leader Today

How to Climb the Corporate Ladder

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Recently, I had a lunch meeting with a friend that is an executive in a large organization. During the meeting we talked a lot about what it takes to climb the corporate ladder. He is very successful in his organization and has gained success through many years of hard work. Because of his success, I really wanted to learn how to climb the corporate ladder from him and his experience.

Climb the Corporate Ladder

In the corporate environment, one of the biggest challenges is figuring out how to be noticed by upper management. Many people think that upper management is on a level that is unattainable. Even though they are on a very high level within the organization, most of them started out at or close to an entry level position. That was the case with my friend.

How to Climb the Corporate Ladder

In the remainder of the post, I will explain the top two points he explained as the important for him to climb the corporate ladder.

Feedback

Feedback is a key to climb the corporate ladder. You must regularly find your blind spots that keep you from being successful. Getting feedback helps you learn your weaknesses and improve. I dedicated a whole blog to feedback, so I won’t spend as much time on it in this post. Bottom line; know that feedback is a key to climb the corporate ladder. [Read more…] about How to Climb the Corporate Ladder

Do You Ask For Constructive Feedback?

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About two years ago I had the unique opportunity of going to lunch with one of the vice presidents of my corporation. She was very successful, and earned her success very quickly. She was in her mid 30’s and most other VP’s are in their late 40’s to early 50’s. I was very curious to know how she was so successful so quickly. When I asked her what the key to her success was, she said it was constructive feedback.

So what is feedback? The definition of feedback on dictionary.com is, “evaluative information derived from such a reaction or response.” When I think of constructive feedback, I think of the critiques I have received from those around me. I have had experiences where people have told me what I was doing wrong so that I could improve. I have also had experiences where I was told that the things I did worked, and I should continue to do the same.

So in the corporate world, who should you ask for constructive feedback? I would recommend you obtain the following four types of constructive feedback.

Constructive Feedback from those you lead

Those you lead see you differently than everyone else. They see your flaws and strengths as a leader from a follower perspective. In many cases, you are not the first leader they have had and you probably won’t be the last leader they will have. They have seen how the previous leader handled situations, and they now see how you lead. They can recognize the good and the bad of how you lead. [Read more…] about Do You Ask For Constructive Feedback?