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In tough moments, take a breath
and tell your ego, “You’re safe.” Step 2: INSPIRE OTHERS, Step 3: TRUST VS
Then picture yourself ready YOUR WORDS MATTER CONTROL
to learn and grow. Listen, ask
questions, ask for examples, and Years ago, someone said to me, The type of leader you are can
show everyone your emotional “Teresa, believe it or not, people influence your followers for good
intelligence. really do listen to what you say and or for bad. Are you an anchor
how you say it. Your tone, as much during a storm, or are you adding
Here’s my 10-step plan on how as your words, can be convincing to the stress and anxiety of your
to collaborate with the different and motivating if you choose them team? Take a moment to assess
personality styles. to be. If you say things the wrong how well you know your team
way, or in a harsh tone, it really and what they need from you as
Step 1: SLOW DOWN OR impacts people in a negative way. a leader, especially during times
SPEED UP THE PACE Your words are a lot more powerful when stress is particularly high.
than you might realise.” How does your leadership style
influence them in the short-term?
Leaders need to slow down or
speed up the pace, depending on This really made me stop and How about the long-term?
your and your team's personality think. I had thought nobody
styles. This doesn’t mean to not even cared what I said, much Which type of leader
be proactive in coming up with less the way I said it, but then it are you?
solutions, it means as a leader you hit me that my words and how I
want to keep the pace of your team use them really do matter to the Step 4: UNDERSTAND
even. Many times, ‘D’ style leaders people around me. I work on this YOUR TEAM
come into a crisis and want to daily and try to make a point of
get through it as fast as they can. giving encouraging words to my
They want to move quickly and be team, family or anyone I come in If your team is working remotely,
decisive. While ‘C’ or ‘S’ leaders will contact with, and it does make a they might not be working as
slow things down to analyse and difference! collaboratively as they would sitting
plan things out. However, you have near each other in the office. There,
to remember, it’s not the speed Your words really do matter, so they could easily just lean over or
in which you cross the finish line; try to use them to encourage and walk down the passage to talk to
it’s the speed at which your team inspire others. one another. Understanding your
crosses the finish line. team will help you to strategise
What phrases do you use or quickly to get them collaborating
What tactics are you using to actions do you take to inspire well, virtually, too.
keep up the pace of your team? your team?
Firstly, you need to know the DISC
styles* of your team and how to
communicate with them. Secondly,
you need to understand your team
members’ T.E.A.M. thinking styles**.

You don't want to put somebody
who has a super-low ‘Theorist’, but
high ‘Executor’ thinking style in
charge of coming up with
five new ways you can bring sales
in. Someone who has a high
‘Theorist’ thinking style would
be able to quickly think of new
ideas, and then the ‘Executor’ and
‘Analyser’ styles would be able to
strategise and determine which
ideas would work and how they
would implement that process.

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