"If you would not have told me about it in the first place, I would not have known that this was something I should work on and I am so happy that I now am improving this behavior" Feedback from an employee that had gotten valuable feedback We have all heard that feedback should be …
How to do the one on one conversations
I have been a manager in engineering for quite some time and I feel comfortable about having conversations with people in general but when I started doing frequent 1:1s I still felt it was quite a challenge. How could I create enough value from these conversations? Spending time with me had to be at least …
How to drive motivation
From time to time I end up having broader discussions with people about motivation. It could be when someone is thinking of a new challenge, feels unmotivated or frustrated or wants to create a long term plan for their career but don't know where they want to go. I have done a few different sessions …
A Powerful question to drive improvements
A small step forward in the right direction will take us closer to the target no matter where we start or where are heading. I have a question that I use frequently in coaching conversations to understand the current state of things and even more importantly to understand what the person can do to make …
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My Leadership Tree
As leaders in an organization we want to support people and teams to have as much impact as possible. We want to influence people in a direction that we believe will maximize the impact. To do that we need trust. Motivations is key for impact and people get higher motivation when being driven by a …
It is all about Communication
Communication is a crucial part of human interaction. Everybody needs to be great at communicating to function well in our society and the more you collaborate with others the more important communication gets. The way we communicate with each other is a great part of the culture we have. If we have an open and …
All you need is trust…
Trust might not be the only thing you need but if you don't have trust, nothing else matters. To be able to help others you need them to feel comfortable expressing the things that bother them. They need to feel safe to open up to you and they also need to feel like it is …
Engineering Leadership in Practice by Åsa Ranneby 