Create 'Clear Blue Water' in Leadership Struggling with team dynamics or feeling overwhelmed by day-to-day tasks? It might be time to rethink how you lead. A week on from our webinar on Psychological Safety in the Workplace, Dr Barrie Kennard explores how leaders who micromanage can unintentionally erode confidence, stifle creativity, and create a stagnant workforce. 💡 The solution? Step back and empower your middle and junior managers to lead with confidence. Let them learn, grow, and make decisions without constant oversight. 🌊 Creating ‘clear blue water’ is about trust, innovation, and growth. It’s not easy at first, but the rewards for your team and your organisation are transformational. 👉 What do you think? What steps do you take to create space for your team to thrive? Let’s discuss in the comments! Read the full blog from Barrie - https://bit.ly/3CYCi3o Get in touch to further discuss how we can help you find that clear blue water - email us at info@callofthewild.co.uk. #Leadership #TeamManagement #Empowerment #ClearBlueWater #WorkplaceCulture #LeadershipDevelopment #PsychologicalSafety
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3moGreat advice . Hard to reassure someone who needs ‘direction’ that this is a genuine and powerful approach to adopt . Most of my direct reports valued this approach, one did not. Seeing it as a weakness as they’d always been in a hierarchical , command and control culture and found this approach difficult to navigate . Inevitably I had to split my leadership style between the individuals and allow confidence to grow in the one who found it difficult . Sadly , they used it against me in feedback before we found a comfortable way through. I don’t actually believ they ever understood or valued the approach.