FEATURE adapting to become a ‘ coach ’. Coaching as a leadership style offers a more collaborative and supportive means of unlocking their team ’ s capabilities , aligning their goals and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement . Leadership , as a result , shifts towards enabling and empowering others , bridging the gap between strategy and execution .
Culture eats strategy for breakfast
By setting an employee engagement strategy on the foundations of authenticity , executive self-awareness and a modernised , collaborative leadership approach , companies will be better positioned to introduce other , softer employee engagement tactics in a way that will be valued rather than second-guessed . Actions inform perception . Tactics including employee recognition and rewards , teambuilding activities , social connection , work / life balance programmes , even employee wellness initiatives , can be seen through both a positive and negative lens within the workplace and the success of these initiatives are contingent on a company ’ s leadership culture , people experience strategy and execution . x www . intelligentcxo . com
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