Core principles of effective leadership - A Motion Ethos

Introduction:

Leadership is much more than just a set of behaviours or a collective of skills and capabilities. 

The modern-day leadership journey requires openness and a willingness to learn, grow and develop, building depth and breadth of knowledge, wisdom, skills and behaviours. Leadership is transformative and, in many ways, exclusive in its pursuit. Requiring independence and confidence to often stand alone through leading others.

In this pursuit of leadership, you enter a realm and a space where most people tend not to venture; you become part of the 1%, and therefore your choices stand out, and so do you.

Anyone can lead, some of the time, but if you want to create and cultivate a foundation that others can trust and rely on, certain traits are required consistently and unquestionably. The stronger and more consistent you are within these areas, the more trust and long-term effect you can elicit.

It’s an exciting opportunity, but one that requires effort and energy. Conscious choices are made, and with these choices, lines are drawn to define and determine what you will and will not do. 


Leadership can be determined by identifying key capabilities and traits. These traits are defined and characterised by having and showing:

  1. Exceptional emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
  2. Clear vision, direction and goal-setting capabilities
  3. Self-motivation and personal discipline
  4. Bold and clear decision-making
  5. Effective communication and people skills
  6. High degree of empathy and understanding
  7. Personal openness, vulnerability and the ability to adapt
  8. Behavioural consistency, reliability and trust building


Stand out and join us on this journey and discover a world of freedom and clarity, where incredible, consistent outcomes are achieved that are both rewarding and fulfilling.

Emotional intelligence is a cornerstone of effective leadership. By definition, its meaning is: The ability to control and influence, firstly your own emotions and then the emotions of others.

Let’s begin there and explore our leadership development outcomes. 

Through our development programs, you will learn, experience and develop:

Exceptional emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills

  1. In-depth psychometric testing and understanding of core personality traits and measures.
  2. Recognise and increase awareness of human behaviour to understand others' situations with greater clarity.
  3. Quickly identify others' motivators, desires, and strengths, and harness and align them to achieve business goals and outcomes.
  4. Build a deeper understanding of what drives self and others.
  5. Harness and grow In-depth knowledge of emotional behaviours and thinking.
  6. Grow and develop behaviours that positively care for, steward and mentor others.


Clear vision, direction and goal-setting capabilities

  1. Create compelling visions that everyone aspires to.
  2. Share the compelling vision in a motivating, inspiring and inclusive manner that helps each team member understand their part and role within the vision.
  3. Build a creative framework for identifying and establishing goals and actionable outcomes.
  4. Set team and individual goals collaboratively that align with the vision.


Self-motivation and personal discipline

  1. Build and develop sustained internal motivation.
  2. Create and set healthy patterns that support energy building.
  3. Cultivate mental, emotional and physical health habits that develop a deep inner peace and self-confidence.
  4. Learn how to allocate time wisely every day, reaching your goals and desired outcomes.


Bold and clear decision-making

  1. Understand your strengths and weaknesses throughout the decision-making process.
  2. Build awareness of attributing factors through the decision-making process, including personality, values, beliefs, fears, vulnerabilities, prejudices and past experiences.
  3. Create a structured process to form decisions and build a consciously competent decision-making habit.


Effective communication and people skills

  1. Develop a deep awareness of every word spoken, written and thought, and its impact on you and others.
  2. Know how to be confident in all aspects of engaging and powerful communication, including presenting, persuading, negotiating, assertion and writing.
  3. Recognise each situation for what it is and overlay the most appropriate and effective communication aligned to the desired outcomes.


High degree of empathy and understanding

  1. Build capability and skills in generating deep and high connection conversations through empowering and disarming question techniques.
  2. Develop a deep desire to understand and connect with everyone.
  3. Deepen your Value in people for who they are, more so than what they do or what they can achieve for you.
  4. Cultivating a habit of understanding first, that leads to better outcomes for you, them and the organisation.


Personal openness, vulnerability and the ability to adapt

  1. Create space and time for reflection and consideration of past and present situations.
  2. Eliminate defensive patterns of thinking and welcome external reflection.
  3. Learn to be aware of when to pivot and allow others to contribute to ideas and direction.
  4. The foundation for vulnerability is confidence, so the greater the degree of vulnerability, the higher the degree of personal confidence.


Behavioural consistency, reliability and trust building

  1. Developing trust-building behaviours and values that others can rely on.
  2. Build a culture that confidently enables each team member to rely on one another.
  3. Cultivate disciplines that others can trust, including the ability to self-manage and maintain a high level of personal responsibility.
  4. Eliminate any grey traits, including white lies, manipulation and control.
  5. Know how to operate with competence through perception management, plus consistency of behaviour to create the highest level of ongoing and consistent trust.

How do we achieve these outcomes and this transformation?

Our facilitated and personalised training is the culmination of our extensive experience, with over 15,000 hours in people and leadership development across almost every industry and organisation. 

We’ve been involved in leadership forums across Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific, and the USA. And have presented to various groups across these countries, including a keynote speech to the Prime Minister, and Members of the Fijian government. 

The development process leverages all that experience by asking questions that people often tend not to ask themselves. 

Through these questions, we enable and empower you to identify the core needs, allowing us to craft and apply the most transformative development plan while ensuring your goals and hopes are met.

Learning is engaging, practical and real. Skills, behaviours, and techniques are easily absorbed and applied to each person's role, regardless of their team.


Join us on the journey - Learn how we can empower you and your team.