In addition to ensuring that employees understand the various roles of a leader and the many skills leaders need to develop (which we went over yesterday), inform your potential leaders of the importance of cultivating a leadership image that projects leadership potential.
Explain that their leadership image is the base on which to build their future as a workplace leader. Indeed, their leadership image helps them establish their position as a leader in any group or situation, inspiring confidence and encouraging people to perform at their best.
How do they cultivate a leadership image? By demonstrating these characteristics in the following areas:
- Behavior: Leaders always exhibit impeccably professional behavior on the job.
- Appearance: Leaders always dress appropriately for work and are well groomed.
- Self-assurance: Leaders have confidence in themselves, their ability, and their destiny.
- Energy: Leaders are vigorous people who radiate positive energy.
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To sum up, here are seven key steps employees can take to help prepare themselves for leadership roles:
- Take ownership of their current job and master all the competencies required for excellence.
- Learn how to motivate others to perform at their best and serve as a role model.
- Take on more responsibility and demonstrate that they are capable of handling it.
- Get to know the organization and the leaders in the workplace.
- Find their place as a leader by determining where they best fit in to the workplace leadership based on their interests, abilities, and career goals.
- Build good relationships with others throughout the organization, not just those in their own department.
- Be a problem solver and show that they welcome and can handle whatever challenges they meet in their effort to achieve goals.
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Training Tips:
- Invite a few workplace leaders to talk to the group about being a leader.
- Discuss steps participants are currently taking to prepare for leadership.
- Talk about some of the challenges workplace leaders have faced and overcome.
Knowledge Review:
Distribute copies of the handout and discuss. Then have participants complete the Preparing for Leadership Quiz. It provides a useful review of their understanding of the subject.
The material in today’s issue is adapted from BLR’s 10-Minute HR Trainer session, “Preparing for Leadership.”
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