“In every society, there are ‘human benchmarks’ – certain individuals whose behaviour becomes a model for everyone else – shining examples that others admire and emulate. We call these individuals ‘class acts’. - DAN SULLIVAN, Cofounder and president of The Strategic Coach, Inc.

Be a class act.
Become a great manager.

The art of being a good manager or boss is one part instinct and four parts skill or knowledge. The effect a good boss can have on individuals and organisations is so large that the subject has engaged the brightest brains in the business – people like Peter Drucker, Jeffrey J Fox, Chan Kim, Stephen Covey, and Brian Tracy.

A good boss sets priorities, establishes the authority to lead, learns to be fair and reward superior performance, helps struggling employees improve, and motivates people to achieve more than they thought they could.

Source: Harvard Business Review Onpoint – Executive Edition.

Why should anyone be led by you?

It’s well documented that a manager has more impact upon the retention of an employee than any other individual or any benefit within an organisation. In fact, survey after survey confirms that employees leave more jobs due to the ineffectiveness of a manager rather than to the benefits of an organisation.

A great place to work always has great managers – not by accident but by design. An on okay place to work can keep afloat with great managers – until the manager leaves. But an organisation with great benefits and compensation and poorly trained managers has a fatal black hole.

If you peer into this back hole, please be careful. Don’t get sucked in. You will quickly see what happens when a manager can’t communicate effectively, can’t coach or mentor, and who views loyalty as obedience. It’s not a pretty picture.

How are your coaching and management skills. Do you have a good understanding of the different styles in your team and what motivates each style to achieve and succeed? Do you know how to coach and mentor (and manage) each style.

Before you throw hundreds of dollars into the black hole of employing ineffective managers, why not consider using MYCOACH to give you the knowledge to become a great manager and help others in your organisation to be the same.

Unlock your management
potential with MYCOACH

If you are a Business Manager, Trainer, HR Manager, or Life or Business Coach, Myprofile is delighted to offer MYCOACH behavioural assessments to help improve effectiveness and communication within your company or team. You’ll find MYCOACH at www.myprofile.com.au/mycoach

Use MYCOACH to help you become a great boss or manager. MYCOACH provides insights into behavioural styles and recommends ways of working more effectively with others. The MYCOACH reports provide substantial and detailed information about how you can better communicate with, coach and train, each style.

Used extensively by both independent professionals and international organisations and corporations, MYCOACH improves relationships, communication and motivation.

By using Mycoach you will:

• Discover how you can become a highly effective Manager, Coach or Trainer, using behavioural coaching

• Gain valuable knowledge about behavioural styles and how they interact with each other.

• Enhance the way you communicate for effective coaching and mentoring.

• Discover the four learning styles – not everyone learns in the same way

• Learn how to train, coach, mentor and advise each style.

• Discover how to advise styles under stress.

• Learn how to coach teams and how to get the best out of each individual member.

Whether it’s coaching one-on-one or in a team situation, you can now apply powerful MYCOACH techniques that will enhance your communication many times over.

A SPECIAL OFFER TO MYPROFILE CLIENTS
For an additional $75 per month, existing Myprofile clients can have unlimited access to Mycoach assessments for training and coaching. Contact nathan@myprofile.com.au  to become a Mycoach client.

What kind of leader are you?

You are a leader if someone is following you. This could be as simple as one person watching you and following your example and encouragement, to being a leader in your home, your community, your workplace or even your nation.

Leadership can take many forms, but typically it often involves managing people – one of the most difficult of all tasks. It means co-coordinating and motivating the actions of others to achieve a common goal.

The style of leadership taken by any leader is usually determined by the personality and motivational values of that person. They are who they are, as a personality, and that has a strong influence on the way they lead and communicate with others.

The style of personality traits has been on going for centuries, and there is a great deal of agreement in the conclusions and findings of personality characteristics. Every personality style has particular talents and skills that lend themselves to good leadership. Any form of leadership however, is greatly enriched and enhanced if it is able to draw on the strengths and knowledge of the other styles.

A leader who has a strong DRIVER personality style is personally committed and dedicated to the goal. They work hard, and expect their team to do the same. They lead from a place of belief that the work is important, and has to be done right. DRIVER leaders are responsible and have high standards. It can be a challenge for them to delegate, as they can’t be sure the job will be done as well as they themselves could do it. DRIVER leaders value tradition – the ways of the past are proven ways, and so do not take well to new ideas unless they are well proven to have potential.

Action is the focus of the PROMOTER leader. The PROMOTER leader leads by example, setting the standard to follow. They are great trouble shooters and diplomats. Their approach is ‘Show me the problem, give me the tools and let’s get on with it”. They, themselves learn best by doing, rather than manuals and verbal instructions. PROMOTER management style can be quite authoritarian and abrupt as they are impatient with opposition, and expect their directions to be followed. Their competitive, entrepreneurial spirit makes them excel in negotiation. Above all PROMOTER leaders welcome change believing that the old ways can always be improved on. A new project represents adventure, a challenge and potential fun, all of which the PROMOTER personality thrives on.

Leaders with a strong SUPPORTER personality are motivated by their commitment to the people involved, and a strong sense of community. It is important to them to nurture those in their care, and see the best come out in each member of the group. Group participation and communication is of primary importance for a SUPPORTER leader. They have a democratic style of management, valuing the input of the employees and team workers. They like to be liked and appreciated and will avoid conflict and confrontation if possible.

The strong ADMINISTRATOR/ANALYSER leadership style sees the detail. ANALYSER leaders excel in strategy. They bring intellect, ingenuity and design into the leadership role. They research and analyse facts and concepts, constantly looking for improvements for working smarter rather than harder. The strong ANALYSER leader has a love of learning. They often lead by instructing and teaching principles and methods that others can apply. Facts and information are all important to the ANALYSER leader, and they pay little attention to the feelings and relationships. For ANALYSERS, the facts speak for themselves, so why all the fuss! Their leadership style is focused on the vision, and analysis of tasks and information.

Every leader has combination of all four personalities, but one will always be the stronger, more natural way to operate in. A leaders style may also be a blend of their main strength, combined with their second strongest style.

A wise leader will understand the strengths and weaknesses of their personal leadership style and the styles of others, and use team differences to bring balance and greater efficiency in meeting the shared goal.

She’s a Star!

To the Myprofile Team

It’s 3 months since we employed Paulette and we are pretty excited about how it has worked out - she is a star! The personality profile she undertook with you was very useful, not only to help with our final decision to employ Paulette but more importantly it gave a very clear guide on what her training expectations would be.

We designed our training with her needs in mind which ensured we could efficiently and effectively get her through a base level of training and quickly integrated into her working role.

We will certainly utilise Myprofile for future recruiting and training. Thanks for your guidance on this and your encouragement to try this as a solution to our uncertainty at the time.

Regards,
Stephen Haynes
Manager Australasia
GC Asia Dental Pty Ltd

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