From the course: Fostering Belonging as a Leader
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Using 1:1 meetings to foster belonging
From the course: Fostering Belonging as a Leader
Using 1:1 meetings to foster belonging
- One of the most overlooked aspects of those in leadership positions is managing your team's energy and emotions especially during one-on-one meetings. So, let's talk about ways that you can leverage your position of power in order to foster that sense of belonging during one-on-one meetings. One is to help others interpret your expressions. So when you're in a leadership position, your expressions are no longer your own. Those around you will be reading your reactions to get a temperature of how well things are going. Now, I remember when I was pregnant with my third child and barely getting any sleep, I came into the office looking tired. Now my tired face is an angry looking face and I noticed that my team members, in reading my expressions were being extra sensitive in discussions because they thought I was angry. And once I started meetings with explaining how to read my expressions as tiredness rather than anger,…
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