Episode 65, Which word describes your leadership, Comfort or Courage?

Lisa Thal is an Author, Speaker, and Business Coach.  She wrote the book "Three Word Meetings."  A Simple Strategy to Engage, Inspire, and Empower Your Team.  Lisa coaches leaders on how to take their sales and business meetings to the next level with fun and interesting 3-word  topics to get your sales team motivated and inspired.  She has over 33 years of marketing and leadership experience.

 

Episode 65, How to build a courageous culture, and it starts with you.

 

If you break down the phrase "Stepping out of your comfort zone," it means doing things you don't feel comfortable doing and getting outside of your comfort levels. It encourages you to push yourself in unfamiliar places and do something that you wouldn't normally do. 

 

One word that encourages you to get out of your comfort zone - Courage!

 

So how do you Build a Courage of Culture

"Courage is contagious." So, the first step toward building a culture of Courage is to exhibit daring leadership. She says that Courage is a collection of four teachable skills:

1. Rumbling with vulnerability. In other words, don't avoid the tough conversations. "Daring leaders who live into their values are never silent about hard things." The cultural norm of being friendly and polite, at all costs, can be damaging to morale. If the company is in trouble, if your employee is in trouble, have the uncomfortable conversations. No more avoiding or putting off the tough talks. Do them first.
2. Braving trust. Brené urges leaders to ditch the emotional armor that keeps them from making real connections. Is there a risk? Sure. Brené calls out the meanspirited people in the "cheap seats" advise those who dare to lead with vulnerability and Courage. Her advice? "Just step over the comments and keep daring, always remembering that armor is too heavy a price to pay to engage with cheap-seat feedback."
3. Living into our values. For sales leaders, this means making secure connections with your team. Know and embrace the unique value provided by each person. Be open and forthright, create opportunities to allow all team members of your team to speak up, and applaud people when they bring up tough topics. 
4. Learning to rise. When someone kicks you down, get up, and move on. Also, be open and listen to your team's feedback and be willing to grow. A good leader recognizes their shortfalls. A daring leader takes steps to uncover why and how it's affecting others. And then, they figure out how to make the negative impacts go away. 

 

If you want to learn more about daring to lead, I encourage you to download the book. If you think you're already there, you can take the https://daretolead.brenebrown.com/ on Brené's website and see how you fare.

 

So join me in getting out of your Comfort Zone, be more vulnerable, Stay Brave, and have Courage and Dare to Leader!