Hello Leader.
This month, we build on last month’s Coach’s Corner where we highlighted self-knowledge as an important ingredient of leadership. According to a recent article from Gallup, another element is having a real understanding of your specific role, it’s demands, and expectations. Below, we share some ideas for developing and building on your own personal leadership style.
2025-26 ELA-HE
The 2024 – 25 cohort for the Executive Leadership Academy – Higher Education is wrapping up their busy academy year. We celebrate this cohort’s dedication to their growth as leaders even as we prepare to invite a new group of leaders for the 2025 -26 ELA-HE launching in September. We are accepting nominations and applications now for this immersive leadership program through May 30, 2025.
Mary Jo Small Staff Award
Flexing your leadership skills by speaking or presenting at an upcoming conference? You may want to consider applying for the Mary Jo Small Staff Fellowship Award to help defray costs associated with regional, national, or international meetings or workshops, as well as a variety of other non-academic professional development opportunities on and off-campus. Applications submitted between now and August 31st will be reviewed and announced in September. Visit the website for full details!
LinkedIn Learning
It only takes a few minutes, to find information, inspiration, or a new way to think about your leadership style in LinkedIn Learning. There is a world of topics, short lessons, and full courses to explore on leadership topics and much, much more.
Whether you’re at the beginning of your leadership journey or further along, the following video, nano lesson, and book summary offer things to think about related to your personal leadership style – what it is, and what it could be:
Craft your authentic leadership style: Explores how to align your actions with your values
How to level up your leadership style: Offers a very quick and easy way to think about leadership styles
Head and Heart: The Art of Modern Leadership (audiobook summary): Find out why leadership is simply a series of moments
COACH'S CORNER
A recent study from Gallup delved into leaders and what employees want from them, based on the tenet that ‘being a good leader is rooted in meeting the needs of those who follow them.’
Along with highlighting the top needs that employees most desire from their leaders – hope, trust, compassion, and stability – the report asserts that successful leaders should not just deeply understand their own role and the expectations that come with it but also bring their own personal strengths into it. This understanding of your role as a leader combined with your own unique strengths offers a strong vantage point from which to more clearly see not only what your team is, but also what it might be. From there, you can see any skills that might be missing and can work on bolstering your team by bringing in or building additional skillsets.
Becoming the best version of your leadership self models and enables the same from those whom you lead. Leading a strong and unified team characterized by clear goals, open communication, and a real understanding of each of the parts you play, is a great head start to the success of your endeavors. Download a copy of The Global Leadership Report: What Followers Want here to see what it sparks for you.