Kathryn McAnalley Interview: Drop the Ego
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With a long history working in government Kathryn has fine tuned her leadership skills and self-awareness to lead and manage a team that she finds a joy to work with.
Why listen
Key points I took away:
- Lose the ego \\u2013 we don\\u2019t have to have the solutions or the answers \\u2013 trust the team to help create these
- Provide mentoring and creating buddy opportunities within the team \\u2013 more senior team members with more junior team members
- Look for ways to give junior team members an opportunity to see the bigger picture \\u2013 take them to senior meetings so they can hear what gets discussed
- Kathryn is a delegation expert \\u2013 and knows that she can\\u2019t do everything. And she is also aware that a manager can\\u2019t delegate everything. She focuses on what work is coming in and who is best placed, has the capacity and interest to do it. It\\u2019s also about balancing project work with reactive work so everyone has specific work to call their own
Kathryn\\u2019s 3 leadership tips
- Take a collaborative approach to problem solving \\u2013 and take a step back to allow the team to do some critical thinking
- Provide constructive feedback, with sensitivity to the person\\u2019s feelings
- Lose the ego and think about the whole team
And finally, in being recognised by peers and colleagues and being included in the IPAA Victoria Top 50 Public Sector Women for 2019 \\u2013 Kathryn has realised that mid-level managers and leaders can make a difference. We don\\u2019t need to be at really senior levels to have a positive impact.
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