Applying the Psychology of Leadership Discussion

Can most people move quickly from circumstances to results? Why?

What emotions might motivate and help engage people? What are the most powerful emotions that people feel?

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How do great leaders impact people’s mindset – both their thoughts and emotions?

How might you diagnose someone’s lack of performance using the Psychology of Leadership? How might you impact someone’s subconscious thinking? Specifically, what questions might you ask to help bring people’s subconscious beliefs into their consciousness?

Mark is an employee on your team. He achieves his objectives, yet he often misses small details in the quality of his deliverables that prevent him from achieving even higher levels of performance. You think his quality is a reflection of his tendency to rush although you are not certain that you have accurately isolated the root cause. Regardless of the root cause, you want him to produce higher quality deliverables.

You have scheduled a 1on1 with Mark to get him to produce higher quality deliverables. Outline the key points of your conversation with Mark:

Think about your typical 1on1 interactions such as recruiting interviews, performance reviews, and 1on1 coaching sessions.

Which of the Psychology of Leadership diagram elements above are most often addressed by your current interview questions? Employee performance reviews? Your 1on1 coaching sessions?

Which elements do you plan to spend more time emphasizing in the future?

For each element you plan to emphasize more, what questions might you ask people to facilitate a discussion regarding that element?

Think of an upcoming coaching session with one of your team members.

List their first name and describe the result you want them to achieve:

Describe the behavior(s) that precede the result that you want them to exhibit:

Which additional elements in the Psychology of Leadership do you want to discuss in this coaching session? Write one or two questions for each additional element you want to discuss.

Which element(s) would you suggest they address in their professional development and put into their individual development plan (IDP)?