58. How to be an Effective Leader

09/05/21 • 0 min

Tom Lawrence started out as an engineering apprentice at an automotive company in Liverpool in the UK. He worked in this industry for a few years, throughout which he found himself working under multiple managers who were not particularly good leaders. These were the quintessential managers of the past... people who just focussed on “getting the job done”. Once he became a manager, he found himself scrambling to figure out the job of leading a team – wishing he had been trained by his predecessor. This led him to the realization that if a manager really does a good job, they are actively upskilling their team to become leaders themselves.

Today you will hear about how Tom came to write his book “Manager to Leader” (Amazon) and we dig a little deeper into a few of the topics he covers in this book. Tom is passionate about teaching people to lead well and I was inspired by his worldview on leaders.

Discussion Points

Tom’s leadership journey
Writing “Manager to Leader”
Managers vs Leaders
False influence vs genuine influence
How to influence genuinely
Leaders being developed before becoming leaders
Insecure leaders vs secure leaders
What is micromanagement?
Changing managers’ mindsets
Tips
Leading up
What has had the biggest impact on Tom’s leadership journey

Resources

Brendan Rogers Website

Brendan Rogers LinkedIn

The Culture of Leadership Podcast Website

The Culture of Leadership LinkedIn

The Culture of Leadership Facebook Page

The Culture of Leadership YouTube Channel

The Culture of Leadership Instagram

Highly Effective Leader Website

Leadership & Growth YouTube Channel

Manager to leader book (Amazon)

If you have any questions for Brendan around this episode or generally around culture, leadership, or teamwork, feel free to contact him here.

Discussion Points

Tom’s leadership journey
Writing “Manager to Leader”
Managers vs Leaders
False influence vs genuine influence
How to influence genuinely
Leaders being developed before becoming leaders
Insecure leaders vs secure leaders
What is micromanagement?
Changing managers’ mindsets
Tips
Leading up
What has had the biggest impact on Tom’s leadership journey

Resources

Brendan Rogers Website

Brendan Rogers LinkedIn

The Culture of Leadership Podcast Website

The Culture of Leadership LinkedIn

The Culture of Leadership Facebook Page

The Culture of Leadership YouTube Channel

The Culture of Leadership Instagram

Highly Effective Leader Website

Leadership & Growth YouTube Channel

Manager to leader book (Amazon)

If you have any questions for Brendan around this episode or generally around culture, leadership, or teamwork, feel free to contact him here.

Previous Episode

57. How to Communicate & Be Heard

In this episode, Amber and I are both in lockdown in our homes (once again) which means we could unfortunately not record this episode in person but we still managed to get into a cracker conversation about leadership, communication to be heard, and personal development.

Amber Daines is one of Australia’s most agile communications professionals. She is known for her ability to devise and implement successful strategies across all forms of external and internal communications. She helps leaders improve their ability to advocate for their business to their employees and the outside world through speaking and writing. Amber knows how important communication is to success, so she pushes leaders to understand that listening is the first step in being heard. So often leaders are in the position of simply telling people what to do without sharing the philosophy behind it. Amber shares that a leader’s philosophy (and the proper communication of that philosophy) is the thing that really gets the buy-in from his/her team. Without buy-in, unfortunately, a leader will struggle to gain trust which will, in turn, ensure a full effort from team members when working to achieve a goal.

Amber helps us understand the best way to go about getting ourselves heard through better communication.

Discussion Points

Why is communication so important when you are a leader
Remember who your audience is and remain consistent
How leaders can get comfortable with who they are?
The impact of a leader with poor communication skills
The importance of vulnerability in a leader
The media its influence on vulnerability in leaders
Online vs offline communication
Social media in communication
What is a good measure of your communication success?
Personal branding
Nonverbal communication tips
Becoming better listeners
How to get leaders to change by seeking feedback
Top tips to improve communication
Amber’s podcast

Resources

Brendan Rogers Website

Brendan Rogers LinkedIn

The Culture of Leadership Podcast Website

The Culture of Leadership LinkedIn

The Culture of Leadership Facebook Page

The Culture of Leadership YouTube Channel

The Culture of Leadership Instagram

Amber Daines Website

The Politics of Everything Facebook page

Amber Daines LinkedIn

Amber Daines Instagram

If you have any questions for Brendan around this episode or generally around culture, leadership or teamwork, feel free to contact him here.

Next Episode

59. Command and Control Leadership

Rex Buckingham is a self-proclaimed old-style leader. With his vast amount of corporate experience, he is able to help guide people to change the way they think and speak in order to change difficult situations. These changes can of course be applied in work situations but they are also powerful tools to use in personal relationships.

In today’s episode, Rex shares a bit about where he started his career and – that he, in fact, believes that those early days (and the managers he worked with) – played a major role in shaping his work ethic and helping him become the leader he is today. Rex shares some great examples of clients he’s helped and how we can each take responsibility for changing our situations.

Discussion Points