The Luxlead Institute

04/03/2023

Enthusiasm in leadership can inspire and motivate team members to work harder towards achieving common goals.

It involves demonstrating passion, energy, and positivity while leading by example.

Enthusiastic leaders can create a positive work environment and foster a culture of teamwork and collaboration.

03/12/2023

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03/01/2023

02/22/2023

In leadership, reactivity is an easy stasis. We never know what we are going to experience from day to day, so we are prepared to handle anything.

But real leadership is deeply observational and has a futuristic vision.

Real leaders see problems long before others and apply preventive measures so that issues do not evolve into catastrophes.

Strategy is more than working carefully towards a goal; it is also about removing barriers to a goal before anyone else sees them.

02/20/2023

To develop relationships with employees does not mean that leaders develop close friendships with their employees; it means this:

1. They have established a foundation of mutual respect.
2. They can rely on clear communication patterns.
3. They can work collaboratively and productively.

In leadership, we have to abandon the hope that everyone will like us.

We have to commit instead to serving everyone equally well.

Employees feel good in the workplace when they can trust their leaders' objectivity, fairness, and consistency.

02/07/2023

When the day is busy, but someone walks in who needs help, leaders look up, make eye contact, and listen.

When the team is in the weeds and struggling to achieve the mission, leaders look up, find the way, and lead the way.

When leaders are lost and needing support, they look up their mentors and ask for help, ask for support, and get back on track.

Leaders always look up.

01/31/2023

Documentation. Documentation.
Documentation.

That’s what it usually boils down to when push comes to shove.

We can help leaders out, or we can help them OUT . . .

Do you know the HR process for documenting performance issues?

Are your executive leaders supportive of this work?

Do you know how to have direct conversations about performance?

If the answers are no, your organization is likely losing money simply by continuing to employ bad leaders.

And the climate and culture of the place probably leaves a lot to be desired.

Learn about the documentation process at your organization, and follow us for the actionable truth on leadership.

12/27/2022

Leaders are always challenged by the day-to-day happenings in the workplace. Their agility in this space is normal and expected.

To drop one task and move to a large project with ease - this is normal for us. To go from a direct conversation with a single employee to a team meeting for multiple departments - perfectly normal.

But what about our flexibility over time? What about our response to societal and organizational winds of change?

Leaders should develop flexibility in perspective, too, taking time to study change and how it will impact the workplace.

Spend time at the start of each week at the thirty thousand foot view.
Then zoom in to ten thousand and see what is required of you in terms of flexibility.

Repeat each week until you train your mind to anticipate changes and trends and to respond easily and accordingly.