Evolve: Reinventing Leadership - Building Freedom Cultures

Tips for Inexperienced Leaders

Inexperienced leaders sometimes have a tough time gaining the trust of their new team members.  This episode provides tips that can not only benefit new leaders but it provides great reminders for existing leaders.  Listen in for ideas you can use to build engagement within your team…

 

Seize the Opportunity to Mentor!

In this episode Yvette shares the value and purpose of mentoring. What distinguishes good mentors from great ones is that great mentors don't aim to create clones of themselves, they focus on the individual's inherent strengths and seek to bring out their unique qualities.

Moving From Me to We

Some leaders speak about themselves, profusely, using words like “I” or “we” whenever they speak about their teams.  Others use “we” language because they attuned to their team members and  are able to demonstrate inclusive behaviours that align with their language.  Then there are those who are somewhere between these two extremes.  “We” language is important for leaders who would like to build trust levels and team engagement.  Listen in for Yvette’s tips…

 

Modelling as a Leadership Behaviour

Whether you are aware you are modelling behaviours as a leader or not, you are. This episode provides you with tips you can use to consciously model behaviours and manage your expectations so you don’t put pressure on members of your team to be just like you.  Listen in for more details…

Multi-Person Communication

Are you looking for a new way to improve team performance?  Check out Multi-Person Communication for ideas you can use to shift from an “I” perspective to a “we” perspective and strengthen the engagement of your team through improved communication.  Listen in for helpful tips…

 

Why Change Matters

Yvette shares the importance of change in your organization. 

Goal Based Networking

There are different types of networks that exist.  Some of them are built by arbitrary action and others are built deliberately through planning and focused effort.  In this episode, Yvette provides you with practical strategies you can use to build networks successfully.

Reinventing Feedback

Have you received feedback from a coworker that triggered something deep within you, causing you to defend yourself or worse, to become angry?  Have you provided what you thought was reasonable feedback to a member of your team and you received an unexpected response? Listen in for ideas you can use to reinvent how you provide feedback.

From Power to Empowerment

 

Are you overlooked because your coworkers are play power games that keep you in the shadows? Have you been thrown under the bus by your coworkers? In the modern workplace culture, engagement, and people are becoming increasingly important to the sustainability of your organization. Listen in to learn how to shift from power to empowerment…

Is it Time for Something New?

Are you waiting for your employer to notice the value you bring to the team?  Are you living up to your fullest potential in your career?  Is your supervisor dangling the carrot, telling you there are plans for you yet you are never privy to those plans.  I invite you to listen in to learn how you can take control of the direction of your career and achieve your goals.