Leadership, you are always on stage

Leadership means we are always on stage

“What you do teaches faster, and has a lasting impression, far beyond what you say.”

T.F. Hodge

Part of our job, as leaders, is to inspire the people around us to step up, and go the extra mile. To accomplish this we must demonstrate best practice, by doing what we tell others to do. It doesn’t matter whether we are in a meeting with shareholders, talking to a client, or at a party on the weekend – we are always on stage.

Our actions speak to our personal brand.

Walk your talk

A leadership lesson we need to learn quickly: “Nobody cares what we say, they watch what we do.”

When we clearly demonstrate our expectations through our actions our team understands what we want better, has more respect for us, and tends to be more productive.

If we say and show that responding to customers is the top priority, for example, our team will understand they have to ensure that goal is met. If we, however, say the customer comes first but through our behaviour put another agenda first, the message we are sending is mixed.

Leadership is not just about the time we are on stage in front of an audience, it is about how we live our lives as an example of our principles.

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Richard Riche

Change Communication and Employee Engagement specialist at One Clear Message Consulting

Richard specialises in helping you build real human communication skills. Employee Engagement / Experience, Emotional Intelligence skills, building high performance teams and a great place you want to work. TED style speaking and presentation skills. Training, consulting and coaching.