Caring is winning!
๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐.
A few years ago, I had an interview with a recruiter from a Talent HR company.
I had passed the IQ tests and the chat we had afterwards was interesting and friendly. The recruiter even called me a โtalentโ. Woohooo!!
In my opinion, everything had gone perfectly wellโฆ
โฆUntil towards the end of our discussion when the recruiter shared with me a clear discrepancy he had noticed during our conversation:
the first 30 seconds during which I met him and introduced myself showed me as a ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป whereas the rest of the interview demonstrated I was actually quite the opposite.
He then asked me if I was aware of that first impression I was offering to people.
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ!!
I knew perfectly that a 1st impression is key to make a good impression on people and I thought I was smiling and โnaturallyโ engaging.
Clearly, his feedback was not meant to be mean but ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ.
Now that I think of it, ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
Neither a simple feedback nor an opinion.
It made me realise how much this behaviour that could potentially ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ.
โ Not everyone is willing to see behind that image we gave of ourselves
โ Not everyone takes the time to question your behaviour to help you grow in a positive way.
โ Forget the spines and remember than even cacti blossom when looked after.
Coaching can help you:
๐ฟ Develop self-confidence to make you trust your own ability to assess your team
๐ฟ Work on your communication style
๐ฟ Develop your own coaching skills
๐ฟ Assess and resolve your relationship challenges
๐ฟ Define and upgrade your conflict management capabilities
As a leader, is it not your duty to know your team, the strength of each of your people, make them progress and bloom?
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ!
If you wonder what you could do better for your team or if you donโt know where and how to start or how to keep on, then let me know.
Caroline
9 years of being an expatriate in 3 different countries gave me a rich and solid work experience that I enjoy sharing with my clients who want to learn about leadership. I worked for 15 years as a Supply Chain and Purchasing manager in various industries for major American and french world-leading groups. As i moved to China, I decided to put my creative skills and my entrepreneur's mindset into action and its now been 2 years that i am the proud owner of Sparkle Executive Coaching. I am working all over the world with individuals as well as international groups, startups and SME's. Being passionate about Leadership, I like creating custom-tailored presentations and workshops based on my clients' needs, in French or English.
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