EP328: Shelli Warren - How To Upgrade Your Leadership Skills

“The minute you move into a leadership role, it's no
longer about you.”
–Shelli Warren
 
Being a great individual contributor doesn’t always make for the
best leadership material. We all know someone who is great at
what they do but struggles to scale those skills when put into a
leadership position. When filling leadership roles too often we
are looking for someone to fill a gap, when we should be looking
for someone who will grow and fulfill the future needs of the
business.
 
Stepping up can be a real challenge. It takes courage to seek out
people that can help us on our journeys to becoming effective
leaders and the will to take an honest account of our current
skills and get focused on self-development.
 
Shelli Warren, a team and leadership coach with Biz Chix and host
of the Stacking Your Team podcast, returns to The Successful
Bookkeeper podcast this week. (Catch her previous episode
here.) Shelli has spent her career developing
people into leaders. Questioning, encouraging, and helping people
from a range of industry backgrounds to understand what it really
means to be a leader.
 
If you are struggling to break into a leadership role, or are
currently in one, but don’t know why things just aren’t working
the way you had hoped, this is the episode for you.
 
During this interview, you'll learn...



The value of hiring for the future, not for a
crisis


How to upgrade your leadership skills


The importance of understanding team dynamics



Click here to learn more about Shelli and Biz
Chix.


Listen to the Stacking your Team Podcast here.


Connect with her on LinkedIn.
 
Time Stamps
 
02:04 - Shelli talks about her career journey
04:02 - Shouldering responsibilities with grace
06:38 - The key skills of a good leader
13:32 - Good business leadership: a personal inventory
23:22 - Hiring for the future
27:28 - Why leadership skills are so rare
30:13 - Figuring out how to upgrade your leadership skills
39:14 - How to promote a team member into a leader: TSBK Summit
sneak peek
42:20 - The perfect time to grow
45:46 - Where to find Shelli


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