Comments on: New Leader? Six Suggestions for Closing Your Context Gap http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/2009/12/15/new-leader-six-suggestions-for-closing-your-context-gap/ Professional Mentoring for Serious Professionals Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:50:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Love the Leader in You, Not You Being a Leader. | Reflections for Personal and Business Development http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/2009/12/15/new-leader-six-suggestions-for-closing-your-context-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Love the Leader in You, Not You Being a Leader. | Reflections for Personal and Business Development Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:04:08 +0000 http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/?p=721#comment-80 [...] New Leader? Six Suggestions for Closing Your Context Gap (buildingbetterleaders.com) February 1st, 2010 | Tags: Actor, Add new tag, Authenticity, Leadership, Organization, Theatre | Category: Leadership [...] [...] New Leader? Six Suggestions for Closing Your Context Gap (buildingbetterleaders.com) February 1st, 2010 | Tags: Actor, Add new tag, Authenticity, Leadership, Organization, Theatre | Category: Leadership [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/2009/12/15/new-leader-six-suggestions-for-closing-your-context-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-19 admin Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:23:55 +0000 http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/?p=721#comment-19 Dorothy, I agree. Unfortunately, so many new leaders (especially the first-time leaders) are left to sink or swim on their own. All too many sink. Your suggestion would reduce that abysmal statistic. Thanks as always for reading and sharing! -Art Dorothy, I agree. Unfortunately, so many new leaders (especially the first-time leaders) are left to sink or swim on their own. All too many sink. Your suggestion would reduce that abysmal statistic. Thanks as always for reading and sharing! -Art

]]> By: Dorothy Dalton http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/2009/12/15/new-leader-six-suggestions-for-closing-your-context-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Dorothy Dalton Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:08:50 +0000 http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/?p=721#comment-18 Art - I think newly appointed managers or team leaders strongly benefit from an " onboarding" process or a career transition coach during the first few months. It's always useful to have a neutral sounding board as part of the feet finding process for support on these types of issues Great points! Dorothy . Art – I think newly appointed managers or team leaders strongly benefit from an ” onboarding” process or a career transition coach during the first few months. It’s always useful to have a neutral sounding board as part of the feet finding process for support on these types of issues

Great points!

Dorothy .

]]> By: admin http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/2009/12/15/new-leader-six-suggestions-for-closing-your-context-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-16 admin Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:43:37 +0000 http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/?p=721#comment-16 Susan, thanks for reading and commenting! I love #7!! -Art Susan, thanks for reading and commenting! I love #7!! -Art

]]> By: Susan Mazza http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/2009/12/15/new-leader-six-suggestions-for-closing-your-context-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Susan Mazza Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:19:49 +0000 http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/?p=721#comment-15 Great list. I have one to add...#7 Keep doing 1-6! This is great advice for any leader! The bigger challenge after you have been around a while is to actually listen for something other than what you already "know". Great list. I have one to add…#7 Keep doing 1-6! This is great advice for any leader! The bigger challenge after you have been around a while is to actually listen for something other than what you already “know”.

]]> By: admin http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/2009/12/15/new-leader-six-suggestions-for-closing-your-context-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-14 admin Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:21:22 +0000 http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/?p=721#comment-14 Garrick, I love your amplification of that point! It is easy to turn a good intention into a negative perception and your advice well prevent that unfortunate outcome. Thanks for reading and sharing! -Art Garrick, I love your amplification of that point! It is easy to turn a good intention into a negative perception and your advice well prevent that unfortunate outcome. Thanks for reading and sharing! -Art

]]> By: Garrick http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/2009/12/15/new-leader-six-suggestions-for-closing-your-context-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Garrick Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:08:17 +0000 http://www.buildingbetterleaders.com/?p=721#comment-12 Art, Great bullet points! I want to highlight your second point as I think this is where many new leaders get tripped up out of ignorance. When combining the excitement they have for their agenda, with the anticipation of sharing it with their "willing" team members, they can create resistant followers. To engage one's team in the process of formulating the agenda they will find the result to be well rounded and to have created truly willing followers. By simply holding back their inital judgements they will have started out on the right foot, thus setting themselves up for a better chance to succeed. Abridged version of my previous point: Listen to your team. Garrick Art,

Great bullet points! I want to highlight your second point as I think this is where many new leaders get tripped up out of ignorance. When combining the excitement they have for their agenda, with the anticipation of sharing it with their “willing” team members, they can create resistant followers. To engage one’s team in the process of formulating the agenda they will find the result to be well rounded and to have created truly willing followers. By simply holding back their inital judgements they will have started out on the right foot, thus setting themselves up for a better chance to succeed.

Abridged version of my previous point: Listen to your team.

Garrick

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