Optimizing Your Own Results

SUMMARY

Are you one of these leaders who, once you become someone who's involved in a team where you need to take people with you on the journey, your results have sort of backed off a little bit, and you find you're not able to get everything done that you need to get done because everyone else wants a piece of you?

Well, I totally understand that. It was something that was a big challenge for me, and it's definitely something that I work with people all around the world.

So, stick with me because I will show you how you can shift away from that problem and get more done for yourself.

Today, we're going to talk about Professional Leadership, which is the area where you get results from your efforts.

This is not about leveraging or getting others to do what you need them to do.

This is about being able to focus and maintain your performance level in a way that stops you from burning out.

I will also talk about the 3 shifts that every leader needs to make in this professional leadership area.

The first area is in your PERFORMANCE.

The second area is your POSITIONING.

The third area is your PRODUCTIVITY.

As we go into the new year, I'm going to break each of these down as I will with the ones from last week and the ones we're doing next week. And we're going to learn how to do each of these things. So, make sure that you strap in and you come on the journey.

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Are you one of these leaders who, once you become someone who's involved in a team where you need to take people with you on the journey, your results have sort of backed off a little bit, and you find you're not able to get everything done that you need to get done because everyone else wants a piece of you?

Well, I totally understand that. It was something that was a big challenge for me, and it's definitely something that I work with people all around the world.

So, stick with me because I will show you how you can shift away from that problem and get more done for yourself.

Hi, this is Grant Herbert, VUCA Leadership and Sustainable Performance Coach, and today I want to continue our conversation around all things leadership by helping you to optimize your results.

Over the last few weeks we've been unpacking what it is to be a leader and last week we agreed that everyone is a leader, even if you're just leading yourself. Leadership is not about having a title or a team, but it's about being able to demonstrate and utilise the characteristics of leadership.

Today, we're going to talk about Professional Leadership, which is the area where you get results from your efforts. This is not about leveraging or getting others to do what you need them to do. This is about being able to focus and maintain your performance level in a way that stops you from burning out.

Let's jump into it and look at the three shifts that every leader needs to make in this professional leadership area.

The first area is in your PERFORMANCE.

This is about you — as a brain and body — being able to physically get stuff done, mentally stay focused, and do this in a way that is not detrimental to your health.

This is shifting from high performance to sustainable performance, and it starts with changing your mindset around hustle-and-grind and all these things that people talk about like working longer hours, getting more done and putting more effort in at the detriment of your self-care.

The second area is your POSITIONING.

Positioning can be looked at in two ways. It depends on whether you are in an employment situation or whether you're running your own business or your practice.

If you are looking at this as an employee, this shift is going from being invisible to being in demand.

If you're looking at this as a practice or a business owner, this is about your clients. This is about you being able to position yourself in their world so that they only see you and not all those other people who do what you do.

The third area is your PRODUCTIVITY. This is about you getting results out of the time and energy that you put into what it is that you're doing.

This shift is about going from looking at time to looking at outcomes.

It's about focusing on the things that you can control, like your expectations for both yourself and the others that you let have expectations of you as well.

It's about your environment and managing where it is that you are working.

You can also manage your energy, and this is a big one. Your performance is definitely going to affect your productivity. The way that you look after your brain-body balance and you refuel, and the things that you need to do are going to affect your productivity as well.

So, there you have the three areas of Professional Leadership:

Your PERFORMANCE.

Your POSITIONING.

Your PRODUCTIVITY.

As we go into the new year, I'm going to break each of these down and we're going to learn how to do each of these things. So, make sure that you strap in and you come on the journey.

Well, that's it from me for another week. Join me again next week as we continue this conversation around these nine crucial shifts that every leader needs to make by helping you to know the best way to take other people with you on the journey.

I'll see you then.