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196 Leadership attributes to be a leader worth following

Everyone who leads wants to be a leader worth following. Being the smartest person in the room is  NOT the way to go about it. A leader worth following brings out the best in others. To do that, we need to start by changing how we define success.

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Leadership attributes and leadership skills that will set you up for success, and avoid disaster

Everyone who leads wants to be a leader worth following. Being the smartest person in the room is NOT the way to go about it. We need to develop leadership attributes and leadership skills that bring out the best in others. A leader worth following brings out the best in others. To do that, we need to start by changing how we define success. In this solosode, we explore the values, beliefs and goals of the Amplifier, along with insights around best intentions gone wrong, and how to avoid them.

Why you should listen: learn a leadership framework that will enhance your leadership mindset

  • Learn the key leadership development move you need to make first: letting go of control and be hungry for learning

  • Discover the values in a leadership framework that build on the achiever stage of leadership skills: community, responsibility, and learning.

  • Leadership books worth reading: in her book, Multipliers, consider Liz Wiseman’s distinctions between the Diminisher and the Multiplier: it’s leadership effectiveness explained

  • Check yourself against the list of leadership skills for the Multiplier

  • Beware of the 9 ‘Accidental Diminisher’ roles - this is how best of intentions have unseen consequences. leadership empathy can backfire here.

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Links mentioned:

Zoe’s Goodreads Author’s Page

Amplifiers Program

Secrets of Elite Executive Teams

Liz Wiseman’s book, Multipliers

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About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:

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Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.

Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact,  Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.

Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.

www.zoerouth.com