This is the first in a series of leadership posts in our Get A CLUE series. CLUE stands for Conscious Leadership Uncovering Excellence. The series covers fundamental areas in leadership such as Personal Resourcefulness, Presence, Building Trust, and Collaboration. Our aim is to support leaders in developing their capacity to create engaged, collaborative, and thriving workforces. 5 Critical First Steps For Inspired Leadership That Will Surprise You We were hired once by a budding technology company with a promising product and a management team of bright, committed individuals. The company needed to shift from developing their now proven software to selling it. That required silos to come down and for teams to really pull together. It called for transparency and collaboration. Unfortunately the CEO was not ready for that level of openness. Although he said he had an open-door policy and you could come to him with anything, no one could challenge him without serious repercussions. As a result, most of his best talent left, our engagement concluded early, and we doubt to this day that he understands his leadership gaps or the true reasons for their under-performance. Forbes quotes a recent Accenture study that provides evidence to the axiom "most employees don't leave their jobs; they leave their bosses." Of employees surveyed, 31% don't like their boss 31% experience a lack of empowerment 35% are affected by internal politics 43% experience a lack of recognition A similar survey conducted by the Gallup Organization reveals that only 13% of [...]
