Leading with influence

LEADING OTHERS

You lead and communicate in a clear, impactful, inspiring way to influence others to embrace change and take action.

This might look like challenging current thinking/approaches sharing knowledge and latest advancements in own area of expertise, outlining benefits of new approaches or directions to bring others on-board, and sharing successes and encourages others to aim for excellence.

When you are leading with influence, you…

• Provide direction

• Inspire others

• Communicate clearly

• Demonstrate leadership impact that causes change

Quick tips

• Set an example by setting high performance standards and expectations for yourself.

• Reward and recognise outstanding performance in others.

• Share your experiences and expertise with others.

• Promote our values and recognise kapa [team] members whose behaviours aligns with the values of our hauora [health] system.

• Encourage others to share their views and ideas, and challenge others to be creative.

• Be credible and sure of your facts. Then, communicate your thoughts and ideas. Speak clearly and confidently.

Practice this behaviour

Here are some ways you can practice this behaviour:

• Take the lead on presenting information or explaining processes to others outside of the organisation; for example, corporate presentations or conferences.

• Build and lead a kapa [team] in an unfamiliar area.

• Create or join a kapa [team] that is promoting our values across the organisation.

What can hold you back

Here are some things that could get in the way of developing this behaviour:

• Speaking ‘off the cuff’. Put time and effort into planning your approach to communicating and influencing others.

• Over-relying on one or two strategies for influencing and inspiring others.

• Lacking confidence and/or an expansive view of your ‘sphere of influence’.

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