August 2024
Valuable learnings from the most effective leadership experts
Please forget the idea of “top leadership strengths” — your personal strengths are exactly what you need to lead effectively. Your uniqueness is all that counts. Great leadership means using your strengths and recognizing your imperfections. Self-awareness is a big first step. We've also discovered that certain attitudes and ways of thinking can significantly improve your leadership impact. These qualities help you, and above all benefit the people you lead. After all, real leadership is about supporting and empowering others.
To guide you on this journey, we've gathered insights from thought leaders such as Brené Brown, Simon Sinek, Amy Edmondson, Satya Nadella, and Martin Seligman. Follow this expert on LinkedIn or YouTube and on your personal journey to become an effective leader.
Brené teaches us that vulnerability is a strength, not a weakness. Authentic leaders accept their imperfections and foster a culture of trust and openness. By being truthful, you encourage your team to do the same, resulting in a more connected and motivated workforce.
Lead with authenticity. Accept vulnerability to build trust and real connections. Leading Self helps you discover and use your authentic strengths to create a foundation for trust and connection within your team.
Leading Self helps you discover and use your authentic strengths to create a foundation for trust and connection within your team.
Simon stresses the importance of knowing and communicating your “why.” Great leaders inspire action by communicating a clear and compelling vision. When your team understands the purpose of their work, they're more engaged and motivated to achieve common goals.
Always start with why. Communicate your vision clearly to inspire and motivate your team.
Our platform helps you discover your core motivations and connect them with your leadership vision so that you can provide targeted inspiration. Leading Teams, which starts in July, will enable you to develop a joint vision with your team.
Amy highlights the critical role of psychological safety in high-performing teams. When team members feel safe expressing their ideas and taking risks without fear of punishment, innovation happens. As a leader, it is your responsibility to create an environment in which everyone feels valued and heard.
Promote psychological safety. Encourage open dialogue and support risk-taking to drive innovation.
Leading Teams, which starts in July, offers tools to create a psychologically safe environment that promotes team collaboration and innovation.
Satya, CEO of Microsoft, believes that empathy is an essential part of effective leadership. Understanding your team's perspectives and challenges helps you make better decisions and build stronger relationships. Empathic leaders can manage crises more effectively and create a reorganization.
Practice empathy. Understand and address your team's needs and concerns to build strong, lasting relationships.
Leading Individuals, which launched in September, will provide assessments and AI coaching to help you develop a deeper understanding of your team members' needs and promote empathic leadership.
Martin, the father of positive psychology, highlights the importance of focusing on what makes life worth living. Leaders who use the principles of positive psychology create more engaged and resilient teams.
Use positive psychology in your leadership. Focus on strengths, resilience, and wellbeing.
All of our solutions are based on positive psychology and the latest neuroscience research. We help you improve your leadership effectiveness and personal well-being by strengthening your strengths and compensating for your “less strong points.” The same goes for your team and every single member.
At wyrd, we use AI to make leadership development more human and accessible. Through deep insights, we understand the unique context and system between you, your team, and each individual member, so you can easily adapt your leadership style to each person on the team. wyrd helps you focus on your strengths, effectively delegate based on your team's talents and energy sources, and create a supportive environment where your team can thrive and feel safe. Get insights and practical, science-based methods that empower you to lead with trust and authenticity without burning out.
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