PeopleSmart in Business eBook - The Platinum Rule
PeopleSmart in Business eBook - The Platinum Rule
PeopleSmart in Business eBook - The Platinum Rule
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Six: Leadership Styles<br />
Action Plan . . .<br />
WHEN YOU ARE THE STEADY RELATER<br />
• Stretch by tak<strong>in</strong>g on a bit more (or diff erent) duties beyond your<br />
comfort level<br />
• Increase verbalization of your thoughts and feel<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
• Speed up your actions by gett<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to some projects more quickly<br />
• Desensitize yourselves somewhat, so that you aren't negatively<br />
aff ected by your colleagues' feel<strong>in</strong>gs to the po<strong>in</strong>t of aff ect<strong>in</strong>g your<br />
own performance<br />
• Learn to adapt more quickly to either changes or refi nements of<br />
exist<strong>in</strong>g practices<br />
• Bolster your assertiveness techniques<br />
WHEN OTHERS ARE STEADY RELATERS,HELP THEM:<br />
• Utilize shortcuts and discard unnecessary steps<br />
• Track their growth<br />
• Avoid do<strong>in</strong>g th<strong>in</strong>gs the same way<br />
• Focus on the goal without attend<strong>in</strong>g to other thoughts or feel<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
• Realize there is more than one approach to tasks<br />
• Become more open to some risks and changes<br />
• To feel s<strong>in</strong>cerely appreciated<br />
• Speak up and voice their thoughts and feel<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
• Modify the tendency to do what others tell them<br />
• Get and accept credit and praise, when appropriate