Crash course in leadership and personality

Security in the new leadership role

It is crucial for new managers to find clarity about their own values. Own values serve as personal guidelines for decisions and actions in day-to-day management and thus significantly shape one's own management culture.

You can only ensure that your actions and decisions are in line with these values if you are aware of your individual values with regard to your own leadership role and successful collaboration. This not only creates a clear orientation for your own behavior, but also helps all employees to orient themselves to these individual guidelines for your new leadership role.

This takes courage, because values always lead to the core of your personality. They show very clearly what you stand for and what is really important to you. That's right: it makes you vulnerable. This word contains the word "tangible". And predictability is something you can only wish for as a manager.

This openness creates trust and understanding among employees. This allows them to better understand why you act the way you do and why certain decisions are made. This creates acceptance and prevents hypotheses that can lead to misunderstandings.

Your personal values always have an impact on your leadership, even if you do not explicitly address them. With every feedback, exchange of ideas and meeting, others will perceive your values. If they are not named, assumptions will arise that are fed by your statements and actions. By having the courage to communicate your values clearly, you set a good example and make collaboration an explicit topic. You act instead of reacting. That is the essence of leadership.

A clear set of values also helps you when recruiting new employees or putting together teams. If you know your own values and live by them in your day-to-day management work, you can look more specifically for employees who share these values and therefore fit in well with the team.