Do you find yourself passing stress down to your team without meaning to?

Is your team spending more energy reading your mood than doing their best work?

Are you the same person on a hard day as a good one, or is your team quietly bracing for impact?

Being a stable leader isn't about being perfect. It's about being someone your team doesn't have to brace against.

In this episode I pick up the COVID story from where I left it and share what happened when I invited a team to choose their environment. I also share the story of a friend's workplace transformation, why the carpark at one office told you everything about what kind of day it was going to be, and why lightening up might be the most underrated leadership tool you have.

I walk through three practical moves that shift your team from reactive to proactive, communicate changes before they land, distribute workload with awareness, and plan ahead visibly. None of them are complicated. All of them change how your team feels about who's leading them.

When your team can see you're thinking ahead for them, you stop being the person who passes the pressure down and instead start being the person who protects the ground.

There is no standing back watching someone burn.

That's the shift. And it changes everything.

If you're ready to lead differently, this is your starting point.

Let The Living Workplace podcast build your thinking one conversation at a time. Start with the free Leadership Self-Assessment and find out exactly where you and your team are right now. Or dive straight into The Olive Tree Method and begin tending the conditions around your people with intention.

Resources:
Podcast - > www.theolivetreemethod.com/the-living-workplace-podcast
Where Are You Now? - > www.theolivetreemethod.com/leadership-self-assessment

02.42 Above The Line/Below The Line – Locating Yourself - Conscious Leadership Group - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLqzYDZAqCI

03.44 Simon Sinek (Book) – Leaders Eat Last - https://simonsinek.com/books/leaders-eat-last

Next Steps:
Step 1: Take the Leadership Self-Assessment - www.theolivetreemethod.com/leadership-self-assessment

Step 2: Sign up and make the The Olive Tree Method yours - www.theolivetreemethod.com

Step 3: Reach out if you have queries - josey@theolivetreemethod.com

Step 4: Coming soon episodes:
Episode #09 - Meetings - Why teams can dread meetings & how to turn them into your best team building tool for connection

Episode #10 - Communication - The breakdown killing teamwork and why it starts with you

Episode #11 - Communication - The foundation of great teamwork starts with a conversation; what do you lead with first?

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If you’re curious and ready to lead differently. I’m so glad you’re here.