Published on February 18, 2021 by Alina Grădinaru
Learning to lead
Leadership can feel daunting, whether you’re thinking of applying for a more senior role, or you’re already in one and finding it more of a challenge that you thought.
Conventional wisdom has it that we think and reflect our way into being a leader, but in this session, Susan Ritchie shares a different approach; to be a leader, we need to lead first. Just as you’d learn to drive by driving, you’d learn to crochet by crocheting and you’d learn to paint by painting, you can learn to lead by leading, whether you have the title or not.
We build confidence by doing what challenges us; learning to lead is no different. Every new role requires new behaviours from us – a failure to learn these means our progress will stall. In this session Susan shares a structured approach for developing yourself as a leader; you’ll become more comfortable, more quickly, which is the basis for showing up confidently.
After attending this session, you will be able to:
Follow a six-step framework for learning new leadership behaviours
Become more confident and comfortable in your role, more quickly
Cultivate a playful, experimental approach to developing your leadership identity
Respectfully disrupt the status quo for maximum impact