What should I continue doing? What should I do more often? How can I support your effectiveness?
Phil Wilson’s latest book, The Leader-Shift Playbook: 4 Simple Changes to Score Big and Unleash Your Team’s Potential, tackles those questions to help leaders seek feedback from their teams. The end result? Minimizing power distance and building strong relationships.
That’s also at the core of Wilson’s appearance on The Leadership Project podcast hosted by Mick Spiers. Within the episode, Wilson drills down how leaders can shrink power distance through the Three Building Blocks of Approachability of The Connection Model:
✔️ 1. Openness, or Right Space: Are you available? When your team needs and comes to you, are you receptive after rolling out a “welcome mat”?
✔️ 2. Understanding, or Right Feeling: Do you really listen? And do people feel better after leaving you versus when they first arrived?
✔️ 3. Support, or Right Action: Do you walk your talk? Be reliable, trustworthy, and do what you committed to do.
Wilson also throws down truths regarding The Hero Assumption and avoiding “Mount Stupid” while telling his own humbling leadership lessons along the way.
As The Leader-Shift Playbook further reveals, effective leadership is rooted in connection. Leaders must create a workplace where team members feel liked, valued, and supported. This happens by fostering open communication, celebrating achievements, and addressing challenges with empathy and understanding.
🎧Listen here: The Leadership Project Podcast with Phil Wilson
