WILL YOU APPEAR ON SANTA’S PRESENT LIST?
VIBE Violator or VIBE Creator?
Validate Your Leadership Vibe before taking your seasonal break.
Does your leadership get detected on peoples’ VIBE radar?
When these four factors are simultaneously applied, people take notice of your leadership:
· decision making goes hand in hand with your values
· behaviour choice is consistent with your expressed virtues (behaviours & strengths)
· future business vision is a common image in peoples’ minds
· voice skill adaptability aimed at growing trusted relationships
Before you take a festive seasonal break lets determine what the VIBE radars is detecting. It may well help you endure the many new and annual relationships you encounter.
Validation Level One determines if you’re a VIBE Violator or VIBE Creator.
A Violator acts against the principles set by the group whereas the Creator encourages engagement and empathy.
These 12 VIBE Violator descriptors enable you to reflect on your ability to practise leadership. If you sense you’re agreeing to too many of these statements, you’ll need to cure your VIBE Virus – don’t let it spread.
12 VIBE Violator descriptors:
o You need to be right all the time
o You don’t listen to others: their views, needs and ideas
o You allow your devices to interrupt meetings
o You talk over people when they ‘re already talking in a meeting
o You take calls during 1:1 session
o You arrive late for meetings and interrupt the flow
o You CC & BCC everyone into your emails when there is no requirement
o You become volatile and intimidate others when you’re not getting your own way
o You become defensive when challenged
o You lose objectivity in an argument, debate or conversation
o You often misunderstand peoples’ point of view
o You loose perspective of work life balance and don’t listen to the needs of others e.g. caring for children or aging parents
Optional Exercise: Courage is required to complete this review two extra times; ask a staff member to give you feedback & ask your partner/good friend to let you know if you’ve been naughty..
We’ll view & validate the positive VIBE Creator descriptors tomorrow.