Self Development Activities
- Develop active listening skills and ask the Learning and Development team for support identifying suitable opportunities for development.
- Understand our organisational structure and identify ‘key influencers’ who may lend their support to your initiatives.
- Map out which key decision makers you need to engage and who to keep informed in given situations.
- Schedule time to build relationships. For example, visit someone’s office rather than send an email or suggest a chat over a coffee.
- Develop your influencing style to understand motivation, team building and managing change and review the range of communication skills training on eAcademy.
People Leader Activities
- Make time to give constructive feedback on your team’s negotiating and influencing skills and set challenges and learning objectives. Create more opportunities for development.
- Share knowledge about key influencers in or out with your business area who can lend support to initiatives.
- Dedicate time coaching individuals to help them develop communication skills and build partnerships.
- Where business relationships could be better, discuss with your team ways to work more effectively and be a role model for positive behaviours.
- Provide challenges to help team members improve their influencing skills. Review performance and create more learning opportunities.
