Leading Behaviours

Every challenge presents an opportunity to influence an outcome and an ethical application of persuasive skills help you to achieve the results you need. Whether you need to garner support from colleagues for a proposal, or win new business in a competitive sale, persuasive skills are the driving force that will help you accomplish your goals. But how do you go about appealing to and engage with your audience in a way that will motivate and persuade them to listen?

Being easy and pleasant to work with is a much-underrated skill. Be the person who understands and values the expertise and strength of others. Everyone can bring something to the table that you’re missing. This creates respect and enables effective collaboration in a positive working environment. But what behaviours do you need to exhibit to encourage this positivity and inclusion?

We hear lots about the benefits of collaborating more and negatives of being siloed. We know hours are lost in pointless meetings where the outcomes are unclear and courses of action muddled. But just how do we, and the organisations we work in, begin to behave more collaboratively and ensure processes can support this when it’s not happening naturally?