096: What NOT to Do as a Leader

Andrea offers a different perspective about spending time with a bad boss in this episode, particularly focusing on how he discovered what kind of leader he wanted to be from being badly managed in the past. Andrea outlines the things he learnt not to do from his experience with these poor leaders, including why to always show clarity, to always embrace accountability and growth and talks about why leadership is never just a title but the impact we have upon others.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Early in his career, Andrea had many bad bosses!
• You can approach having bad bosses in two ways, negatively or proactively, recognising what you learnt from them.
• Communication, demotivation and misguided decision-making were common themes across Andrea’s past bad bosses.
• Andrea realised, that having these bad bosses could present an opportunity for him, to learn what to do differently and pave the way for his own leadership style.
• Clarity is one of the main things Andrea learnt from his bad bosses, showing the importance of clear expectations and direction, and eliminating ambiguity and confusion.
• Learn to nurture an environment where people feel valued and where you can show empathy.
• Foster a culture of accountability, and avoid anything that would create a blame culture.
• Bad bosses are the epitome of stagnation, they avoided change and didn’t embrace innovation or have a growth mindset
• Don’t just be another leader, who reflects and mimics the traits they have had from bad bosses in the past, challenge them and focus on the impact you can have as a leader.

BEST BITS

“They were really masters in demotivation, communication blunders”

“It felt like every day was one long episode of what not to do as a leader”

“If you know who is the person you want to be or become, is already part of the solution”

“Bad bosses showcased the importance of clear expectation and directions”

“Don’t just be another leader”

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ABOUT THE HOST

My name is Andrea Petrone. I'm a Human Performance and Leadership Advisor, Executive Coach and International Speaker. I help leaders and their teams to change their mindsets and master their leadership capabilities so they can achieve extraordinary performance. I've been in the corporate world for more than 20 years working globally - in 6 countries and 3 continents - for medium-large companies.