{"id":5820,"date":"2015-05-20T09:58:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T09:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=5820"},"modified":"2024-09-17T20:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T20:32:15","slug":"great-leaders-are-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/great-leaders-are-human\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Leaders Are Human"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great Leaders Are Human<\/p>\n<p>by Jacqueline Brodnitzki, President, Conscious Success<\/p>\n<p>The fifth way great leaders stand out is they <strong>show their human side<\/strong>. We&#8217;ve talked a lot about understanding our team members, and, if we don&#8217;t show our human side we run the risk of looking inauthentic.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, our teams know our professional persona, they see us manage through thick and thin and they know how we tick in the office. This isn&#8217;t enough. It&#8217;s important for folks\u00a0to know\u00a0us as a\u00a0person\u2014to know about us\u00a0as a leader, our challenges, our personal goals, how we aspire to grow, and how we have grown to our current role.<\/p>\n<p>This makes us human and helps our team members see that we&#8217;re juggling a lot, too. It offers valuable information for them on\u00a0how to grow and develop to the next level.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/b2il-yKnL1ra4IYOjzAiBJ-F3FrVajAFD8uMaLXRzSU-300x143.jpeg\" alt=\"Great Leaders Are Human\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/b2il-yKnL1ra4IYOjzAiBJ-F3FrVajAFD8uMaLXRzSU-300x143.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/b2il-yKnL1ra4IYOjzAiBJ-F3FrVajAFD8uMaLXRzSU-126x60.jpeg 126w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/b2il-yKnL1ra4IYOjzAiBJ-F3FrVajAFD8uMaLXRzSU.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In corresponding with a senior executive, he shared this, &#8220;I always tried\u00a0to balance the right amount of non-formal engagement with my teams. My inclination was to sometimes go too far toward personal matters, but I always felt that was a better extreme than just being a dispassionate leader only focused on work matters.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that it also extends to client relationships.\u00a0There will always be mistakes\/tough spots in business relationships &#8211; if the client doesn&#8217;t know you at all as a person, there is little mercy for mistakes. If you have even a modest level of personal relationship with a client, they tend to give you the benefit of the doubt when mistakes inevitably arise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Making this non-formal engagement a two-way street, with both team members and clients,\u00a0enables us to show our passion and develop real connections.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take advantage of opportunities to open up and be real this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConsciousSuccess1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConsciousSuccess1\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Leaders Are Human by Jacqueline Brodnitzki, President, Conscious Success The fifth way great leaders stand out is they show their human side. 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