How to balance strength and warmth as a leader?
If you want to know how to balance warmth and strength in order to become a better leader, read on. I explore the essence of Leadership Presence in my book,…
Posts by Sheila Wherry
What does inclusion actually mean?
The term “inclusion” can be open to personal interpretation, meaning different things to different people. This is an issue, because a shared understanding of inclusion is essential to good communication,…
Why it’s important to understand yourself
While it’s critical to understand your boss in order to manage upwards and establish a productive working relationship, it’s equally important to understand yourself. Indeed, this is essential for your…
How well do you know your boss?
Managing your boss is an essential part of many roles, perhaps more so for managers and executives. In order to do this effectively, it’s critical that you understand your boss.…
How employees can drive their team members’ good ideas forward
Ideas, even those with plenty of potential, can be rejected for a range of reasons, some more valid than others. Team members can help to drive their colleague’s ideas forward,…
The Key Aspects of Managing your Manager!
In Harvard Business Review’s seminal 1980 article “Managing Your Boss”, John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter identified three key parts of successfully managing upwards: Understanding your boss and their…
Practical ways leaders can encourage voice cultivation
In essence, voice cultivation is about taking good ideas, making them better, and turning them into reality. Teams can play a critical role in amplifying, legitimising, developing, troubleshooting, and exemplifying…
How to Cultivate a Strong Relationship with your Boss
Managing upwards is all about not only developing a strong relationship with your boss, but also maintaining it. This involves the following key aspects: Accommodating different work styles. Everyone has…
How leaders can cultivate an environment where good ideas become a reality
Teams play an important role in picking up on ideas, driving them forward, and ultimately seeing them through to implementation. However, it is the role of leaders to encourage this…
How criticism can help drive ideas forward
Supporting others’ ideas doesn’t always mean praising them. When leaders and team members want to foster others’ ideas and bring them to implementation, sometimes the best way to do this…