Soft Skills: The Complete Guide to Become a Respected Leader (Udemy.com)

I want to share with you our 6-module step-by-step system to gain respect as a true leader in your organization…

…by mastering the Six Most Common situations that can earn you respect and help you develop and reach your true leadership potential. 

There’s an age-old question…

Is it better to be a “nice” leader to get your staff to like you?

Or to be “tough” and inspire respect and hard work?

Fact: A Harvard Business review study shows that, contrary to what many believe, “nice guys (and gals!)” can actually finish first, as long as they use the right strategies that prevent others from taking advantage of them…

In other words…leaders with respect finish first…

I have one very important question for you…

• Do you have the respect of other people?

Are you 100% sure?

If you’re like hundreds of leaders we interviewed, you probably worry about ten key things when it comes to gaining respect…

1. “I have to watch all my employees.”

2. “People are taking advantage of me.”

3. “I have to use my power to get respect.”

4. “People are scared of me.”

5. “I dread confrontational conversations.”

6. “I have to micromanage people to get things done.”

7. “My staff members don’t respect me.”

8. “I have to be guarded to be successful.”

9. “I must command respect.”

10. “I have to make people like me.”

So, what does respect look like?

Fact: Another Harvard study shows that when leaders are fair to the members of their team, the team members display more citizenship behavior and are more productive, both individually and as a team.

Fact: Jon Haidt at New York University Stern School of Business shows in his research that when leaders are self-sacrificing, their employees experience being moved and inspired. 

As a result, the employees feel more loyal and committed and are more likely to go out of their way to be helpful and friendly to other employees.  

Fact: Research on “paying it forward” shows that when you work with people who help you, in turn you will be more likely to help others (and not necessarily just those who helped you).

In other words…

Respect and Leadership go together…

You can’t have one without the other…

There’s a value loop of first respect, then leadership, then more respect, and on and on and on…

Fact: A Gallup’s Workplace Poll shows that employees actually prefer happiness to high pay…something that may come as a surprise to many HR directors…

Happier employees have better customer service.  

Without respect, leaders become tyrants. 

Most of the research suggests that a compassionate workplace fosters engagement not so much through material goods but through the qualities of the organizations’ leaders, such as a sincere commitment to values and ethics, genuine interpersonal kindness, and self-sacrifice.

To get respect, you’ve got to show respect…

Earning respect is one of the most crucial skills needed to become a successful business leader.

So, to help you transform how you earn respect and work with nearly everyone in your life, including yourself, we created Respect…How to Reach Your Leadership Potential and Gain Respect As A True Leader

It’s a six module system – one for each key “respectful” leadership situation to help you show respect to earn respect and become an effective leader at your organization  by drawing people towards you and do it by being more of your genuine self …

Here’s how it works…

In modules 1 and 2, you will learn how to become a grounded leader people want to follow and build a culture of self-esteem that others want to emulate…

In Modules 1 – 2, you will learn how to…

• Solve your own anxiety and frustrations by tracking what you feel obligated to do and identifying when you can’t turn your mind off…

• The secret benefits to create a gratitude journal so you can ask yourself what is so great about this happening to you…

• How to solve your own frustrations with “the work”, and identify where you’re getting esteem from others…

• Identify where you’re looking for attention or for the “trophy mentality” and how getting worth from others is counterfeit…

• The steps to distinguish true leaders from false leaders, earn your title with daily tests and finish the races you run…

• Identify intrinsic wins in your life so you can replace worth from others with worth from yourself and keep the promises you make…

In modules 3 and 4, you will learn how to get people to follow you by becoming an exceptional listener and how to free up time to do things you really want to do by stopping being a people pleaser…

In modules 3 – 4, you will learn how to…

• Develop a listening action plan to put on your curiosity hat for planned interactions and ad hoc interactions…

• Get your why for meeting with each and every person you meet with…

• Free up time to do things you really want to do by stopping being a people pleaser…

• Set and enforce assertive expectations and boundaries for yourself and others while getting them to paraphrase original expectations and boundaries…

• Learn new things about others by asking a question to see where they are at, asking about their progress and complementing their body language with yours…

In modules 5 and 6, you will learn how to get joy by building a base of people in your life who feel served by serving others’ needs and then grow yourself and your business faster and stronger by taking risks and creating a safety net for yourself…

In Modules 5 – 6, you will learn how to…

• Check in with others on a regular basis to identify their wants and needs and score how they’re currently feeling about their role…