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As John Maxwell says, “Leadership is influence—nothing more, nothing less.” So it should come as no surprise that leaders are key influencers of behavior change. “All leaders— the service that is leadership—exist to change behavior,” says Matt Wallaert, behavioral scientist and entrepreneur, in his talk at Leadercast 2020—Positive Disruption. He shares that behavior change happens as a result of promoting pressures (reasons to do something) and inhibiting pressures (reasons not to do something). As leaders, if we want to influence and change behaviors, we can either strengthen promoting pressures or weaken inhibiting pressures. *Click 'Comments' and discuss below* Remove inhibiting pressures.When inhibiting pressures aren’t a factor, people will behave differently. For example, Matt shares that women don’t shy away from asking for raises because they don’t want them. Really, it’s due to the inhibiting pressures that come with them (such as women being less likely to get raises and being socialized not to ask). When those pressures are removed, women are more likely to ask for raises.
*Click 'comments' below and join the discussion* Encourage promoting pressures.On the flipside, behavior is also influenced when we increase promoting pressures. As an example, Matt imagines a leader’s goal of wanting more men to attend women’s events. There are promoting and inhibiting pressures on both sides, so by having women invite the men it increases promoting pressures by changing the environment to one that promotes men to attend.
*Click 'comments' and join the discussion below* Know the "why" behind the behaviors you wish to change.In order to change a behavior, you have to know why it exists in the first place, says Matt. This is the only way you’ll learn the promoting and inhibiting pressures that influence the behavior and how you can intervene as a leader.
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Disruption is “awesome and terrible, but at the same time,” says Rahaf Harfoush, digital anthropologist and best-selling author in her talk at Leadercast 2020—Positive Disruption. When navigating seasons of disruption, leaders must be intentional about how they will evolve through it. “Disruption always creates opportunities. In all of the chaos that happens… there is always an opportunity for positive disruption.” How will you evolve through the disruptions you face as a leader? *Click 'Comments' and discuss below* Be mindful of how you use technology.We live in an era of constant distraction due to digital social norms that impede our focus and ability to be creative. “We have to be very careful about the tools we bring into the workplace, because some of the most innovative tools can actually get in the way of innovation,” says Rahaf.
Click 'Comments' and join the conversation below. Make self-care a priority.Our society celebrates overwork. “But the problem with overwork is that it kills creativity,” she says, noting that you can’t have innovation without creativity. Rahaf shares that when you are intentional about your time for rest and recovery, you actually give yourself the space to reach your goals faster.
Embrace an evolutionary mindset.Understand that change and disruption are constant. Rahaf says leaders should commit to being as adaptive and resilient as possible in the face of continuous change.
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In the wake of the 2019 coronavirus pandemic felt around the globe, leadership communicator and pastor Andy Stanley shares a dirty little secret about leadership: “We don’t always know what to do. We don’t have all the answers. We’re making this up as we go along.” In times of uncertainty and disruption, people look to leaders for reassurance above all else. Andy says during these moments, it’s a leader’s job to pastor (or shepherd) those they lead to provide them with this reassurance. In his talk at Leadercast 2020—Positive Disruption, he shares three essentials for leading through disruption. *Click 'Comments' and discuss below* |
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