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    Create an environment to improve leadership

    High effort

    Medium impact

    The best leaders are the ones who understand that they don’t know it all. Recognising that there’s always room for you to develop is the first step to improving as a leader; the next step is to create an environment that supports that. Surrounding yourself with people who are comfortable sharing ideas and challenging your viewpoint is a great place to start.

    • We’ve designed our action plans to be completed in the order of steps laid out and explained why each step is important
    • Customising your action plan lets you set your own completion dates, assign tasks to others and get notifications
    • Helpful tools are provided for certain steps while a tracking metric at the end will help you determine the long-term success of your effort
    • A downloadable PDF version of each action plan is available if you’d like to compete it offline
    What's involved? Ways to use this action plan Measuring impact
    1

    Speak to peers about their approach to leadership and what they’ve learnt as their business has grown

    Impact: high

    Why will this help?

    Experienced leaders can provide useful context on the mindset and techniques you need to develop to be effective in your role. Someone that’s had similar experiences will be able to break down what you’re going through.

    2

    Avoid an echo chamber by speaking last at meetings once everyone else has shared their opinions

    Impact: medium

    Why will this help?

    Inviting everyone else in meetings to speak first will stop others from being afraid to share ideas that conflict with your own.

    3

    Send out an anonymous feedback survey that asks employees how they feel about your leadership and ways you could improve

    Impact: high

    Why will this help?

    Employee feedback can highlight important issues that need to be addressed. Starting with an anonymous survey will result in more honest responses.

    Getting employee feedback on management

    Gathering feedback from employees helps managers to develop their skills and grow. This simple survey template used by Google is a great place to start.
    4

    Explain the actions you’re going to take as a result of the feedback and set yourself targets to stay accountable

    Impact: high

    Why will this help?

    Demonstrating that you’ve listened to the feedback and are prepared to make changes can make staff more confident about speaking up in future.

    Holding yourself accountable to goals as a leader

    Your goals are crucial to moving the business forward, but it can be hard to stay focused. Our checklist will help you build a structure.
    5

    Make asking for feedback a regular occurrence to foster an environment that improves your leadership

    Impact: high

    Why will this help?

    Asking for feedback frequently will get staff in the habit of opening up and being honest about ways to improve.

    What can I do with this Action Plan?

    Start this Action Plan

    Add some extra information to this plan and we’ll help you get it done.

    • We’ve designed our action plans to be completed in the order of steps laid out and explained why each step is important
    • Customising your action plan lets you set your own completion dates, assign tasks to others and get notifications
    • Helpful tools are provided for certain steps while a tracking metric at the end will help you determine the long-term success of your effort
    • A downloadable PDF version of each action plan is available if you’d like to compete it offline

    Download and print

    Get a printable template for this Action Plan, fill it in with some target dates, and share it with your team. Pin it on the wall where everyone can see it.

    Get the printable Action Plan

    Learning Groups

    We also run Learning Groups on these topics where you can join other leaders tackling the same challenges.

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    How will I know if my action plan is working?

    Staff satisfaction survey results

    Staff satisfaction surveys help gauge sentiment at regular intervals

    Why this metric?

    Whether gathered anonymously or not, staff satisfaction surveys help gauge the sentiment of your people as changes are made and impacts felt.

    How do I start tracking?

    Use an online survey to get feedback from members of staff three and six months after making changes to see what impact it has had.