019: The Five Most Effective Leadership Practices Part 5

This is the fifth and final installment of The 5 Most Effective Leadership Practices. Today's final leadership practice is centered around building an infectious environment.  In some ways, it's the job of the leader to create or build that environment that allows, enables, and encourages their team members to bloom. This skill requires breathing encouragement, affirmation, and celebration into people.  As humans, it's ingrained in our nature to crave a positive feedback loop and to seek validation and affirmation. Encouragement propels us forward in any environment. When we're being encouraged, we can deal with much stronger challenges and much more resistance. This is when people really begin to bloom.  And that's the way we want all of our team to feel. So they can take that energy into their meetings, their client interactions, and essentially take that energy into their home. This internal and intentional work indeed makes all the difference.   In this episode, you will hear: The impact of positive affirmations What is psychological safety? Creating psychological safety through SCARF The prisoner’s dilemma Nurturing your team through BEST   Subscribe and Review Share your thoughts and ideas with us and email me at stephen@experienceleadership.com. If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to this podcast. Each week, Experience Leadership Podcast shares coaching tips as well as new facts, figures, and cutting-edge theories and thoughts about leadership to help grow your business. We also feature stories of successful people so you learn from real people, and not just from theory. I’d love for you to give me a review over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://experienceleadership.com/podcast​ to download it.   Supporting Resources: Your Brain at Work by David Rock Episode 14: The Game of Business Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com