Kimberly Glatt Discuss Leadership Skills for Power Struggles

Power struggles can cripple an organization's development. Turf wars and silos stop progress. There are three critical leadership skills you would like to handle this tough stuff.

Kimberly Glatt said that fundamental leadership principles to understand the patterns, manage the people. How often have you ever heard the comment, "she may be a born leader?" There are certain characteristics found in some of those that seem to naturally put them in a very position where they're researched to as a frontrunner.

Whether after all an individual is born a pacesetter or develops skills and skills to become a frontrunner is open for debate. There are some clear characteristics that are found in good leaders. These qualities are developed or are also naturally a part of their personality. allow us to explore them further.

It's a common tug of war: executives who are capable and accomplished in their area of experience challenge the Board members about the direction of the organization. The Board has accountability, the Executives have experience. Both have the simplest interest of the organization inside, but something gets within the way. Is it ego? Are its personalities? More often it's neither of those.

In a recent webinar series, I shared a number of the dynamics that derail even the simplest Executive Teams. it is a common pattern of drivers that unleashes the less-than-ideal version of ourselves, namely the Four Devils, as explained very well in People Stuff.

The chief dynamic at play is fear of loss. These include fear of losing power and autonomy, fear of losing position, status, and fairness, fear of losing our place amongst our peers and a way of belonging, and fear of losing performance and not meeting expectations. These fears trigger survival responses, and power struggles ensue.

Here are the leadership skills you wish to tackle challenges:

Leadership Skill #1 Curiosity

It's easy to leap to conclusions and label others as problematic, egotistical, arrogant, and any number of disparaging descriptors. once we get inquisitive about why people are acting the way they're we get beyond the same old default of assuming it's "personality problems".

Curiosity is a component of a nimble leadership mindset

Leadership Skill #2 Humility

It feels good to be right. It reinforces our sense of self and affirms our beliefs. But what if we're wrong? That doesn't feel nearly as good. Here's a paradox that a lot of luminaries from Aristotle to Shakespeare to Voltaire acknowledge: the smart person knows that they're not that smart. there's always more to be told, more to work out, and more to know. When it involves power struggles in leadership, being humble is extremely disarming. A struggle needs resistance; humility acts as a bending reed within the river of discontent and therefore the frustrations flow over us.

Leadership Skill #3 Care

When we operate from an area of genuine caring, we lower the shield of our agenda. When others know we've their best interest, additionally because of the best interest of the organization despite appearance, they're hospitable more collaborative conversations.

With humility, curiosity, and care we create a calmer negotiating field. It's in those calmer greener fields where we can map accountabilities and responsibilities. we can explore different fears associated with loss and build better processes to handle these concerns.

Kimberly Glatt tells you that our colleagues don't seem to be the enemy! If we can lower our emotional response and lead with greater wisdom and compassion we can forge new paths, together.