Tag: authentic leadership
How To Unlock Your Leadership Potential
The best executive leaders know that authenticity is critical to effective leadership. But what does it mean to lead with authenticity? And how can we cultivate and sustain it over time, especially during difficult and challenging times? To me, leading with authenticity means aligning your thoughts, actions and behaviours with your values, and your purpose. It means continually evolving as a person, professional and leader while staying grounded in who you truly are or, if you prefer, your uniqueness. So how do you do this in practice? Here are some tips for leading with authenticity: 1. Practice self compassion Self…
Read How To Unlock Your Leadership PotentialLady Leadership: Being a Leader of people compared to doing the job
Sharing her insights into how leaders can best navigate uncertainty, Repa joins Sam McIntyre of Lady Leadership to discuss what it takes for a leader to transition from ‘doing the work’ to having influence and impact. Listen to the full podcast below, first aired on the Lady Leadership Podcast in June 2021.
Read Lady Leadership: Being a Leader of people compared to doing the jobLawyers Weekly: To lead others, you must lead yourself first
Repa was recently invited by Lawyers Weekly to share her thoughts on leading through disruption. First published in April 2021, in this article Repa discusses the importance of leading yourself before you lead others. In August 2020 (post bushfires and during the second COVID lockdown in Melbourne) a survey of 1000+ Australian workers found that 49.5% of workers were “living well”, despite their significant struggles. This cohort of almost 50% of respondents were also more likely to experience higher levels of: Job satisfaction Performance Organisational commitment Team performance Organisational performance These results show what the ancient eastern traditions have known…
Read Lawyers Weekly: To lead others, you must lead yourself firstCEO World: 3 Critical components of authentic leadership
Writing for CEO World Magazine again, Repa shares why authentic leadership is so important and how to achieve it. Read the full article below, first published in April 2021. Leaders succeed through influencing people and outcomes. If you want to inspire followership, you need to lead authentically, curating the right team culture as well as implementing strategy and ensuring good governance. To create a culture of trust, a leader needs to be conscious of their leadership purpose, use courage in decision making (particularly during uncertainty), and use compassion to navigate difficult emotions and situations. These are the foundations of authentic leadership.…
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