LEADERSHIP TREATS PEOPLE AS INDIVIDUALS - Colonel Ajai Lal

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Introduction
Dr. John Maxwell, states, “leadership is influence, nothing more nothing less”. He also states that, “everything rises and falls on leadership” and “leadership rises and falls on communication”. When leadership fails to understand and communicate in the language of the employees, misunderstanding and frustration may surface. In this episode, we are going to speak about why it is important for leadership to treat people as individuals, key issues and aspects that you need to know followed by what steps you as a leader can implement to treat your team members like individuals. We will focus on using their strengths and unique personalities as an asset to your organisation.

Show Objectives
The objective during this show is for leadership to understand the importance of treating people as individuals. The team concept is a crucial part of an organization; however, each team includes individuals. The show will go deep into how to create and maintain a cohesive team while ensuring everyone is treated as an individual. Treat your team members with kindness and compassion, connect with them, practice empathy and inspire them to give their best.

Key Issues

1. Employees lose their identity
2. Leader’s only know their employees at surface level
3. Leader’s don’t listen - Connection and relationship building are missing in the organization.
4. Leader’s lack empathy and respect towards their employees
5. Leader’s often use a one-size-fits-all approach to motivate their employees

  
What You Need to Know
 

1. Leader’s who treat people as individuals, create better leaders
2. Leader’s who treat people as individuals, create independent decision makers
3. Leader’s connect with people at their point of strength

What You Need to Do – The How

1. Acknowledge that every member of your team is unique
2. Assess what all your employees want
3. Use the information about your employees to treat them the way they want to be treated
4. Provide individuals with the tools for success. Motivate, inspire and coach your employees

 
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Written by Colonel Ajai Lal
Leadership and Executive Coach | Speaker and International Radio Host | Former Chief Business Officer at NIIT | Colonel in the Indian Army (Veteran) | Former Senior Military Observer – United Nations 
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About Colonel Ajai Lal

Ajai is a recognized expert in coaching and empowering leaders to develop their optimal potential. He is a seasoned global executive and a dynamic speaker who draws from his leadership experiences across a span of 45 years - 25 years in the Indian Army, 15 years in NIIT Ltd. and 5 years as a Leadership and Executive Coach.
 
Ajai has developed and mentored rising leaders in the corporate space and in the military. He has received several recognitions in the Indian military, the United Nations Medal for Distinguished Service, as well as numerous corporate awards, including the prestigious ‘Global Leadership Award’.
 
Ajai has been recently conferred the World HRD Congress 2019 - ‘Dr. Marshall Goldsmith Achievement in Coaching Award’ and the ‘Best in Class Leadership Coach’ at the ‘Thought Leaders’ Summit and Awards’ in 2020.
 
He has been a coach with IMD Business School, Switzerland for their ‘High Performance Leadership’ program. He has facilitated leadership development programs and coached C-level executives and senior management at various multinational corporations and some of his key clients include Deloitte, Adobe Systems, Edelweiss, Danieli Corus and Thermax Ltd.
 
For further requirements of Leadership Development or to engage in group / individual coaching you can reach out to him at: ajai@forwardconsultingco.com

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