Learn how to demonstrate your leadership ability without having a formal leadership role.
- What does it mean to be a leader? - Is it a specific title, a handful of direct reports or just a lot of experience? - Sometimes, but not always. - [Elizabeth] Organizations rely on all types of leaders, many of whom don't have formal leadership authority. - I'm Lisa McLeod. - And I'm Elizabeth McLeod. - We work with leaders both formal and informal, all over the world. - And in this course, we're going to talk about leading without authority. - [Lisa] How do you lead when you're not the official boss? - And there are a number of techniques you can use.
Some of them are obvious and some of them are not so obvious. - [Lisa] We're going to talk about mentoring, about mindful listening, about positioning yourself and leading in those tough situations. - [Elizabeth] And we'll also cover how to leverage your role and develop that more informal authority in your organization. - So let's get started.
Leadership isn't just a skill for managers. Demonstrating leadership is important for employees at every level of an organization. There are opportunities to lead every day, whether you hold a formal leadership position or not. In this course, leadership and personal development experts Lisa Earle McLeod and Elizabeth McLeod outline how individual contributors or SMEs can exhibit leadership by influencing, inspiring, mentoring, and motivating others. They also help you overcome unique challenges such as how to communicate when you think your boss or team is headed in the wrong direction.
Name three ways that you can add value to a meeting.
Recognize the benefits of including emotional impact in your stories.
Explain how developing a team mindset can increase efficiency and productivity.
Identify an easy way to reinforce expectations.
Determine when it is necessary to tell your boss about a mistake made by a peer.
Recall the most important benefit of punctuality.
1. What Is Leadership Behavior?