00:08 Hi, I'm Denise Simpson, a master life and leadership coach who helps women step into their authentic and feminine power. So they can lead like visionaries influence with grace and create a, a legacy of contribution and service. You'll hear about real leadership clients with real problems, navigating their success in life, business, and career. If you are ready to become a masterful leader, then this podcast was made for you. So let's get started.
00:46 Hey, welcome. Let's talk about what your employees really, really want. So you may be thinking, oh, I know what they want. They just want a good job. They wanna be compensated well. They want to come to, you know, uh, an organization where, you know, they have step by step instructions. They wanna be told what to do. You know, they're lucky they have a job. Like these may be your thoughts right now about your employees. And if they are, I wanna challenge you a little bit and want for you to take a step back. And maybe just, maybe there's a different way of thinking about your employees. So a lot of leaders get into leadership from management positions. Management positions are time in time out type of people. They are looking at operational things. They're very technical. They're hired to be managers. And by the way, we need managers too, always and forever.
01:48 We will need managers. These are people that are looking at performance. They're looking at how effective, uh, your role is. They're looking at, you know, measurements and meeting measurements on a timely basis. These are managers for a reason, organizations need managers too, but here you are now in a leadership role. You're now taking more of a visionary approach, right? You now have to exercise the skill or the muscle of foresight, which you've never had to do before. You have to forecast. You have to look at trends. You have to answer to, you know, your, your CEO, maybe even the board of directors or board of trustees. So you have constituents at the top that you have to answer to constituents at your level, and then constituents below you, that answer to you. And, and when I say constituents, I just mean, I mean, followers, right?
02:41 Or, um, or, or entities or stakeholders. I think stakeholders is a better word for us to use them. So here you are now a leader, right? You have the formal title, you have the formal duties and responsibilities. You answer to, you know, not only your CEO, but maybe, you know, a, a shareholder, maybe, um, a board of director, but you also have to answer to your customers, right? Your constituents, the people you are serving and have to answer to your immediate reports, right? The people right below you in the hierarchy. And so you've got a lot more duties and responsibilities. And with that comes pressure. It comes with defaulting to what you already know, cuz the brain's like, this is too much stress. I don't wanna think about anything new. I just wanna do what I've I've done before, because what I've done before has worked.
03:36 But here's, here's what I really want for you to takeaway from this discussion. Is that what you have done before worked as a manager? Yeah. Yeah. It's true. What you've done before has worked, but in a management setting, you are now in leadership. This takes a whole lot more effort and this is why I exist. Well, I mean, I have many reasons why, why, you know, I exist, but why my business exists is to help you transition from a manager mindset to a leader mindset because your employees do not want to be managed. I I know you're saying, but wait a minute. What do my managers do? Well, the managers do what they have to do. I'm talking about you, the leader. If you are in a role of the leadership, you are expected to think at a different level, you are expected to lead at a different level.
04:36 You are expected to problem solve at a different level. What, what worked for you as a manager is not gonna work for you as a leader. And if you're having problems with this idea, take a look at the results you're creating right now as a leader. If you are stuck in any way, if you are stuck in problem solving for your organization, if you are stuck in your own of doubt and lack of confidence, if you are stuck in getting your employees to, to move towards a goal or objective, meaning you don't know how to inspire them, you don't know how to get to know them. You're not connected to them because you've been relying on your management tactics. There are D is between managers and leaders. We do need managers, my friend. So don't, don't disregard that. And don't discredit the managers in your organization.
05:32 We need those people, but you are now a leader. You are leading an inspiring change. You are inspiring. A change in the culture are inspiring. A change in behavior. You are inspiring a change in a result you are hired to do so much more than managing. So one of the biggest differences that I like to share in regards to management and leadership is that the leader, you, the leader, you are so focused on the what and the why of things. Why are we doing this? And what do I need to know? And you know, why is this important for my team to move towards achieving this result? What will it require? What will it do for the organization, right? Why is this important? What is needed? The leader is always evaluating, always looking at the best interest of her two team. She is there to defend her team, her department or her region or division.
06:44 She is always looking for the best interest of her people and the manager. However, and like I said, they are very much needed. The manager's looking at the how, and when it needs to be completed, how are we gonna get this pro done? And when does it need to be completed? So you are leading. You're asking the what and the why, why is this important? Why do my employees need to be on board with this? What information do they need so that we can, you know, get the manager then to figure out the, how, how to do the process, how to plead the process on a timely manner. So you are the leader and you have a manager more than likely beneath you. Usually the hierarchy and the manager can be a director, a supervisor, but you are above that person. And so a manager still needs to understand what leadership is, because if you are the manager looking at the how, right?
07:40 All the, the step by step things that need to be done. And then the, when, when does this need to be completed? They also need to understand employee behavior, right? How do we inspire the employee to then take the, how the action, the step by step actions. So managers still need to understand what you would as a leader is trying to accomplish. But you, my friend, you are the leader here, you are taking a much more visionary approach on things. Let your managers analyze the failures, analyze the process, analyze what it takes to succeed in a process, right? That's what the manager is for. And we need them. And your role is to develop the manager. Your role is to understand what yours is and what theirs is and how you compliment one another. Now, if you're saying, well, Denise, I don't have anyone that, you know, over sees other people.
08:41 I don't have someone that reports to me that oversees followers. Then I want for you to take this really interesting approach in that every one of your employees acts as a self manager. That's in essence, then what you're doing, you are a leader. And let's say you just have a flat, uh, hierarchal chart within your division. Let's just say, it's you the leader. And then you have like 20 people under you and they all report to you. Let's just say that. And those 20 people have their individual roles. They have a cog in the machine. They have their own individual processes that they have to follow to then complete this entire project that you all are striving to, to achieve. Treat them as managers, give them the autonomy to self-regulate, to self, manage, to self discipline, trust that they have the skills and the mindset to be their own managers, right?
09:44 That we come to every employee with that assumption. I trust you, you know what you're doing, right? That's the assumption. But what if their behaviors and the results are creating are not that assumption up. That's when you, my friend, you take the time to develop that individual. Not all of your employees will require this much attention. Some will, some will require a lot of attention. And those are the ones that you really want to develop. You wanna take your time, you're gonna need patience with them. You're going to need to explain things in more detail. You're going to need to take them maybe by the hand, at least initially, but with the understanding, right? And with the plan that they will be autonomous and that they will be able to be self sufficient and self-reliant, and that's where your coaching leadership abilities will come into play so important that you de develop the coaching skills that you need to move and inspire your employees.
10:52 And I think what I will do in the near future is do an episode on, on coaching skills as a leader, what you need, uh, to develop, to, to be more impactful, a more powerful leader with coaching abilities, with your coaching skills. I just think leader equals coach, coach equals leader. We are inspiring a change of behavior, and that takes a whole lot more to, to inspire your people. But that basically the bottom line as, as to what we do as leaders and coaches. So stay tuned for that. And that's a really good idea. So the main difference, again, leaders are focused on the what and the why. And the manager is focused on the how and the, when, you know, it's the process that the manager is focused on. They're not the visionary, they're not ones looking at trends and, and market share, and they're not answering to a CEO or, or, you know, a board of director or, you know, anyone above them.
11:47 They are within this division. They don't respond to anybody else. They are there for a role. They clock in clock out. They're so focused on the process. And, you know, for some people that's, that's really exciting. That's all they wanna do. They don't wanna move into leadership. They might think it's a lot more, you know, a lot more work than what it's worth. And I get that. So you, as a leader, however needs needs to know what the, your employee's role is, right? What the manager's role is and the distinction between yours and theirs. Because again, a lot of our leaders, especially some of the people I serve, come into these leadership roles with that management mindset and that my friend will not work. It's not sustainable. And yes, it is true. You come into these new roles, doing what you've always known, but this is why leadership development is so important.
12:43 It is critical, absolutely critical. So if you are a manager and you're listening to me and you're saying, well, wow, I really need to develop some leadership skills. Then you come to me. If you are already a seasoned leader and you are acting as a manager, then let's dig into that a little deeper, because sometimes you do have to focus on the process, right? You have to focus on the how and the timeframe, the when, and so wonderful, but that that's not all of what leader is for you. That's probably a very small percentage. And that's where you need to develop each of your employees as their own self managers, right? As self managers with, with self-regulation and self discipline, that's going to make your role as a leader so much easier. So it's really developing them into their own managers. That is what you'll need help with, because it's very interesting if you are not familiar, right.
13:41 Or if you're not accustomed to leading and you don't have the proper mindset and skillset and strategies, then how you impact your people will be like, like you were in management, right? So you need to do the work first on your, your brain, right? Looking at your self identity, your leadership identity, your leadership value, and what you bring to your division or your department. And then you can better understand how to inspire your people. So do the work leader, or if you're a manager, get ready for leadership opportunity, and this will be helpful when you do apply for a promotion, you do apply for that leadership role. You will already have had the leadership development and the skills by working with me before you, you go and apply. So you'll have everything you need to be prepared for that new role. So I'm speaking to you, both managers and the leader.
14:40 You both need the leadership development, and I'm here to support you. All right, my friend. So what your employees really want are leaders. They wanna be led by confident certain leaders. They don't wanna be led by managers. They're already self-managing right. If you're doing a good job or they're answering to a manager already, so you, my friend have the responsibility to lead your people. Let me tell you no one wants to be managed. And when it comes down to it, no one wants to focus on the process. No one wants to focus on the timeframe and yes, they're hired to do this work, but you can inspire them. You can inspire them to focus on the, how, how are you going to achieve this? And if you're a leader and you are having an employee meeting, or you're meeting with someone individually, you can ask them, you know, how, how is it going for you?
15:39 How is this project going? Tell me the, how, how are you, or how are you going to accomplish this by this timeframe? And open that question up, like open that conversation with that one question and get them to start sharing and listen, your employees are afraid to fail. They don't wanna fail on you. You know, it's one thing to fail on themselves because they probably do that. I mean, listen, I fail on myself. You know, when no one's looking, I'm failing on myself, but it, it, it sucks to fail on a leader. It sucks to fail on one that you admire and that you respect. You don't wanna fail them. I mean, think about, about your role right now and the person that you answer to you don't wanna fail them. You want them to trust you. You want them to think, wow, I hired an amazing leader.
16:29 You don't want them to have regrets. You don't want them have to have doubts that you can't get the job done. Like nobody wants to feel that way. So know that your employees are also coming to the table with that. Self-doubt you don't wanna fail you. So how are you the leader going to support them in the how and the, when this, again, if you don't have a manager between you, right? This is when they're answering directly to you. You treat them like self managers. You develop them into managers. And of course, if you do have a manager that reports to you, you best make sure that they have the skillset, that they need to manage that project to manage their people. So people want to be led. We wanna be inspired. We want to be part of a movement. We want to come to work every day, excited to achieve a, a goal together.
17:23 We want to be part of the conscious collective here. And that's your job is to inspire them. And yes, you have technical things that you must do as a leader. We get that there's reporting. You have to do you. Of course, you, you know, you're accountable. You have to stay accountable and you have to re you know, do reporting often. I get that, but your vision and your, your, your muscle of foresight that you're developing will help you then connect with a disconnected. This will help you connect with a disengaged. This will help you create committed and loyal followers. They're gonna wanna hear from you. They're gonna wanna go to you. They're gonna want for you to trust them. They're gonna do everything they can for you to trust them. They want to support you. That's leadership. And that's what people want. All right, my friend, there's so much more to leadership. So stick around here, stick around, subscribe to the podcast. Let me know what your thoughts are, what ideas you have, what you wanna hear about in regards to leadership. We are developing leaders around here. The most powerful, conscientious, confident leaders on this planet, because that is what my job is. This is what I'm called to do is to support you on your journey of leadership. All right, my friend have a wonderful week and I will chat with you next time. Take care.
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