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What is Circular Leadership? (deprecated)

People do great work when they feel trusted and supported

As a worker, you know this, don’t you? You naturally want to do your best. “Just give me the right tools and clear instructions,” you say, “and watch me do my thing.” Then, when your manager consistently supports you and believes in you—regardless of the inevitable ups and downs—you know you’re in the right place.

And you want to do even more great work.

People do great work when they feel trusted and supported

As a manager, the first thing you need to know is this: your people will do great work so long as they feel that you’ve got their back. When they feel supported by you, they show up ready, willing and able. When they feel trusted by you, they find ways of going above and beyond. They solve more problems. They sell more stuff. They stay with you and the team.

And you want to trust and support them even more.

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People do great work when they feel trusted and supported

As a worker, you know this, don’t you? You naturally want to do your best. “Just give me the right tools and clear instructions,” you say, “and watch me do my thing.” Then, when your manager consistently supports you and believes in you—regardless of the inevitable ups and downs—you know you’re in the right place.

And you want to do even more great work.

People do great work when they feel trusted and supported

As a manager, the first thing you need to know is this: your people will do great work so long as they feel that you’ve got their back. When they feel supported by you, they show up ready, willing and able. When they feel trusted by you, they find ways of going above and beyond. They solve more problems. They sell more stuff. They stay with you and the team.

And you want to trust and support them even more.

These feelings can be measured, correlated and quantified

Since 1999, large research projects consistently demonstrate that looking after employees improves financial performance. In 2019 our proprietary tools started measuring this in individual organisations ranging in size from 78 people to 157,000 people. We consistently find that employees who feel trusted and supported sell more, innovate better, have more satisfied customers and stay longer.

Looking after employees is good business.

Traditional management approaches can get in the way

Linear leadership—traditional top-down command-and-control approaches—can cause even the best-intentioned manager to forget about their people. Linear leadership wants to achieve short-term, financial-related results. At its worst it squeezes people out of schedules and budgets so there’s nothing left except the drive to perform.

We believe linear leadership is an out-dated pendulum that has swung too far. It’s time to update it.

Circular leaders create high-performing teams where people love to work

Circular leadership gently reminds us that an organisation’s people are responsible for 100% of its productivity. It tells us that individuals perform better or worse depending on how they feel. It knows that we are social beings, too, and that group dynamics play a big role in performance.

Further, circular leadership proves that group performance can be significantly improved by leaders and it shows leaders how to do this.

In short, circular leadership helps leaders unlock hidden organisational value by creating a more dynamic and collaborative workforce.

Want to build high-performing teams where people love to work?

You’re in the right place. 🙂

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

These feelings can be measured, correlated and quantified

Since 1999, large research projects consistently demonstrate that looking after employees improves financial performance. In 2019 our proprietary tools started measuring this in individual organisations ranging in size from 78 people to 157,000 people. We consistently find that employees who feel trusted and supported sell more, innovate better, have more satisfied customers and stay longer.

Looking after employees is good business.

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People do great work when they feel trusted and supported

As a worker, you know this, don’t you? You naturally want to do your best. “Just give me the right tools and clear instructions,” you say, “and watch me do my thing.” Then, when your manager consistently supports you and believes in you—regardless of the inevitable ups and downs—you know you’re in the right place.

And you want to do even more great work.

People do great work when they feel trusted and supported

As a manager, the first thing you need to know is this: your people will do great work so long as they feel that you’ve got their back. When they feel supported by you, they show up ready, willing and able. When they feel trusted by you, they find ways of going above and beyond. They solve more problems. They sell more stuff. They stay with you and the team.

And you want to trust and support them even more.

Circular leaders create high-performing teams where people love to work

Circular leadership gently reminds us that an organisation’s people are responsible for 100% of its productivity. It tells us that individuals perform better or worse depending on how they feel. It knows that we are social beings, too, and that group dynamics play a big role in performance.

Further, circular leadership proves that group performance can be significantly improved by leaders and it shows leaders how to do this.

In short, circular leadership helps leaders unlock hidden organisational value by creating a more dynamic and collaborative workforce.

Want to build high-performing teams where people love to work?

You’re in the right place. 🙂