Pract•ad•goal is a word host Heather Holloway created. It is the sum total of the words ‘practical advancement goals.’ Her intention with this podcast is to teach entrepreneurs how to advance their careers with practical business advice.
If you’re looking to up your leadership game, Tiffany Prince, Chief Performance Officer at Prince Performance, is here for you.
She is an internationally recognized speaker, corporate leadership coach, consultant, and the owner of Prince Performance LLC. where she partners with clients to affect positive organizational change, find the best leaders, and develop their skills.
Practadgoal Talking Points
[01:48] The current situation for leaders
- Around 70% are promoted without the skills or knowledge to do their job
- Everything else in the world is personalized, so teams expect that from leadership
- MIT research found the #1 reason people leave is toxic work, not pay
- We have the perfect opportunity to reinvent the workplace and reset
[05:05] Biggest challenge leaders face
- The Firefighting instinct, only managing immediate tasks, not knowing what to focus on
- Being curious and finding the systemic issues or what’s really going on
- Learning to develop and build people’s skills, tap into their strengths
[06:35] Different styles and types of leadership
- Great leadership is hard to articulate but she’s discovered five main styles
- Each is important and good leaders have one or two they gravitate towards
- It’s not about who you are, it’s about understanding what will resonate best
[10:20] Authentic connections in the new normal of remote work
- You can’t manage butts-in-seats anymore, the old punching in and out model
- Technology can help us navigate and make a happy workplace
- No one wants to come to work thinking, “When am I retiring?”
[15:35] What is the best advice for up and coming leaders?
- Sift through work and accept everything cannot be a priority
- Understand and be realistic about what people are going through
- Working more than 8 to 10 hours makes you less productive
- Take time off on the weekend to rest and recharge
- When giving candid feedback, help people realize how something went
- Go down into the “factory floor” and do a gut check on people
[19:51] Handling constructive feedback remotely
- She coaches people by Zoom all the time and gives tough love in a question format
- Critical, challenging feedback should be done where you can read body language
- Step back and realize there might be something else going on in their work-life
[25:58] Talking about her book, Top Of The Mountain Leadership
- She interviewed leaders from around the world to understand the future of work
- Preparing teams for our new reality, shifting the mindset away from industrial hierarchy
- Seeking a humanistic view of the world with empathetic, inclusive leaders
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