BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP
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HAVING POSITIVE IMPACT
H
ROSS SWAN
ow do you want to be remembered as a leader, more importantly as a person? This is a question I often ask leaders
when I am working with them as their leadership coach and the answers I receive, are always positive. I have yet to have anyone answer, “I want to have a negative impact on people,” no matter how they are currently performing as a leader, good or bad. One thing I have found, is that the better leaders of self are always conscious of the impact their behaviour has on other people and they continually focus on ways to make sure the impact is positive. This is no different for business leaders. In business and in life, you can’t always limit what you are telling people to the positive and withhold the negative. You have an obligation to be transparent. Its looking for the positives in the negative that’s key here. In essence, it is taking the optimistic view on things. Some people do this naturally and others must work on it at a more conscious level. To get yourself into that high energy zone and remain there, it’s important to identify those energy draining aspects at work and in life. Awareness is crucial to stop your energy being diluted with negative thoughts.
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We all have negative thoughts at times, the key is to be aware of those negative thoughts and be conscious of the impact that your negativity might be having, not only on yourself, but on others. As a leader, you should always be trying to get the best out of yourself and other people. That’s unlikely to happen if you are walking about sulking, yelling, or any other way it manifests. No matter how good we are at hiding our energy drain, and how well we use our words, we can’t change the energy we emanate, and others will definitively pick up on that.
