Leadership Checklist - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Leadership Checklist - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Kylie Wright-Ford and I researched what good leaders are like for our book, The Leadership Mind Switch (McGraw-Hill, 2017).  Through observing hundreds of outstanding leaders, we learned that they generally tend to be more: »  Personally accountable »  Informed and curious about the wider world »  Committed to both their job and the job of the whole organization »  Emotionally stable »  Positive in a negative situation They also have: »  A combo of competencies, traits, experiences, roles, personality inclinations, and values that ts the needs of their organization »  An understanding that they must maintain morale, engage stakeholders, and remain trusted »  The ability to get a group of high-powered individuals to cooperatively interact with one mind, one heart, and one voice. »  A willingness to engage »  A comfort with ambiguity »  An ethno-cultural empathy »  The capability to easily relate across generations »  Cognitive flexibility and openness »  Varied interests beyond the office »  Willingness to show their true self when the environment allows for it »  Solid relationships with their work partners, especially their executive assistants »  A mindset where success is considered a derivative of not only their own efforts, but also the efforts of those around them Thats a pretty good checklist to reflect on your own leadership style.