Is most communication a waste of time?
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Barbara Ikin leadership consulting
The leader who is self-aware, who takes full responsibility for their role and impact on others, who is not afraid to receive feedback and admit when they are wrong and take active, corrective steps, will ultimately triumph.
About Barbara Ikin Leadership Consulting
I have always been fascinated with finding meaning. It goes hand-in-hand with achievement, personal growth and mastery. My life experience has taught me the most important things are not material and intellectual gains, but our relationships with others, living wholeheartedly, letting people in and revealing our authentic selves to the world. If you get this right, other important things will also come to light.
On a personal level we all know this. But in our workplaces, especially if you are a leader, the same applies. Once I realised this, my life purpose was more clear: to help leaders to become self-aware, courageous and authentically lead others so they too can thrive in the workplace. In turn, this will boost customer service, employee productivity and a dynamic organisational culture.
Conscious, authentic leadership can be achieved while interacting in the world, building a career and business and having a family. They are all interlinked and as the skills of mindfulness grow, so do relationships, purpose and fulfilment.
Our Services
Get ready to take your business to another level through mindful leadership. Explore approaches and plans for understanding and developing yourself, your team and therefore, your business. Master the fundamentals of human relations and conflict to get the best out of employees. Learn how to enhance resilience throughout your organisation.
Blog
Mindless communication Every day we are bombarded with conversation. Microsoft Teams messages, emails, WhatsApp, Signal, Facebook, Telegram, Instagram, LinkedIn, and
When an employee exhibits energy and vitality, it has an impact on the customer. As a case in point: I was shopping for pillows on Saturday and was served by a lady who was energetic, engaging, and enthusiastic…
Have you ever worked in an organisation where blame is assigned at every opportunity? When things go wrong, there is a desperate scramble to find the person in the team who is responsible for the failure…
Understanding the process
For the best results, we’ll need to follow an agile approach to your and your team’s mindful development.
Gain a deep understanding of what the current situation is. Identify the problem/s and ensure everyone is on the same page in terms of how things stand and what we want to achieve.
Build a proposal for managing the change and the process to be followed to bring it about. Identify measures for evaluating the extent and progress of the change and stablish targets and timelines.
Work together to implement the agreed-on plan of action within the specified timelines.
Assess whether the identified targets have been achieved and measure the outcomes. Report back to the organization outlining the process, lessons leart and a suggested way forward.
Gain a deep understanding of what the current situation is. Identify the problem/s and ensure everyone is on the same page in terms of how things stand and what we want to achieve.
Build a proposal for managing the change and the process to be followed to bring it about. Identify measures for evaluating the extent and progress of the change and stablish targets and timelines.
Work together to implement the agreed-on plan of action within the specified timelines.
Assess whether the identified targets have been achieved and measure the outcomes. Report back to the organization outlining the process, lessons leart and a suggested way forward.
Testimonials
Our team is in the process of building a new business unit within the Bank. The team has grown quickly and we have purposefully selected a diverse group of people to help us build and grow the business. Diversity is so powerful, but also requires an understanding of self and how to engage with others to motivate and build everyone to be their best.
That’s where Barbara and the Core Strengths process came in to help us understand the motivational value system of each team member and how best to communicate with each other.
Thank you Barbara for the excellent facilitation – you made everyone feel comfortable, heard and understood. We appreciate that you took the time to give each team member personal feedback on their assessment and facilitate the group session to understand how all our strengths work together in the team environment.
What a fantastic process to learn and develop as individuals and as a team!
Elize Giese CEO: FNB Employee Benefits