Take this 3-part journey to become an empowering leader

Take this 3-part journey to become an empowering leader | practice | Replace knee-jerk negativity with a positive intent Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( April 14, 2023 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading the Way [] [Take this 3-part journey to become an empowering leader]( [Take this 3-part journey to become an empowering leader]( (Nuthawut Somsuk/Getty Images) Growing away from a more directive form of leadership to one based on being empathetic to employees is a three-part journey of recognizing the need for growth, learning new skills and then successfully integrating them, write London Business School professor Herminia Ibarra and Spencer Stuart advisors Claudius A. Hildebrand and Sabine Vinck. The journey is not linear, they write, and recommend mapping out your path, realizing there will be setbacks and finding supporters who will give you their honest feedback. Full Story: [Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model)]( (4/10) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Put it into practice: To get the most out of your journey, pay close attention to those you choose to advise you on the way and heed their advice. "We've found that the leaders most likely to fail in their adaptation journeys are those whose colleagues tire of giving feedback because nothing seems to come of it," [write Ibarra, Hildebrand and Vinck](.   [] SmartBrief on Leadership [] [Replace knee-jerk negativity with a positive intent]( [Replace knee-jerk negativity with a positive intent]( (gobyg/Getty Images) Workplace misunderstandings often stem from assuming others' malintent, such as when you're uninvited to a meeting, writes workplace growth and development consultant Julie Winkle Giulioni. By always striving to assume positive intent instead, leaders "preserve precious mental, emotional and relational resources" -- and also model that behavior for their team, Winkle Giulioni notes. Full Story: [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (4/13) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Put it into practice: In addition to modeling the "joy of positive assumptions" for your team, you can encourage this mindset by coaching them to reframe situations. Sharing your own stories of misconceptions is a way of "seeding the group narrative with positivity," [Winkle Giulioni adds](. [] [Read more]( from Julie Winkle Giulioni on SmartBrief on Leadership [] Smarter Communication [] [Radical candor illustrates caring, offers challenges]( Adopting the Radical Candor Order of Operations, which is defined as caring deeply and challenging directly, can help you work better and develop stronger relationships, author Kim Scott says in a YouTube video. Brandi Neal, director of content creation and marketing for Radical Candor, explains how to use radical candor to give feedback, encourage and receive feedback and weigh your effectiveness in adopting the practice. Story: [Radical Candor blog]( (4/10) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Put it into practice: When giving critical feedback, think about what's best for the person long-term, ensure you can't be misunderstood, believe that you could be wrong and offer a related challenge, [Neal writes](. When receiving feedback, try to "embrace the discomfort" and "listen with the intent to understand, not to respond." 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