You know, when someone is calm, when they're present and when they're attentive,
it makes others feel at ease.
Hey, there, welcome to Mak TV. My name is Mak,
and this is a space for emerging leaders,
as well as first time managers who are looking to develop their skills so they
can build their confidence and lead their teams effectively. Okay,
so today's video topic is actually about something that comes up quite a bit.
You see,
there's this circulating believe that's going around that basically in
order to be a great manager,
you have to be super charismatic and outgoing and social.
Basically it boils down to having the personality of an extrovert. And yes,
there are many studies that show that extroverts make excellent leaders.
However, that does not mean that, you know,
if you're a little bit more quiet or more reserved or calmer,
basically the personality of an introvert,
that doesn't mean that you won't make a great manager as well. In fact,
did you know that bill Gates is an introvert?
And I'm thinking he knows a thing or two about leadership
Marissa mayor who is also the former CEO of Yahoo is an introvert.
Rosa parks was known to be an introvert. Even Michael Jordan, for who,
for some reason, that one surprised me, but even Michael Jordan is an introvert.
My point is that all these people were able to accomplish amazing things and
make a tremendous amount of impact on the people that they were with.
And they had incredible leadership abilities.
So if your sitting there and you're thinking to yourself,
or you would consider yourself to be an introvert,
so you're a little bit more quiet, you're more reserved.
I want you to know that it is within your realm of possibility to be a
great manager as well. In fact,
if someone has not sat you down and talked to you about all the incredible
things that you possess, that will make you such a great leader.
Then I would like to do that with you today. So number one,
one of your strengths is that you are an amazing listener.
And we all know that listening is an important leadership skill.
You know, when someone is calm, when they're present and when they're attentive,
it makes others feel at ease.
And the more opportunities that you can give others to feel at ease with you.
Well, they're going to open up to you. And when they open up to you,
that's a great foundation for trust.
And when people trust you specifically on your team,
then it makes it far easier for you to guide them and to lead them throughout
your entire management journey. Number two,
another great strength of yours is the fact that you think before you talk.
Words have an impact and when we're leading a team even greater impact.
So the fact that you take the time to truly process and think about what you say
before you say it is a great skill to have. Number three,
you are compassionate. And managers are managers of people,
not things.
So the fact that you have this compassionate spirit about you is great because
that will enable you to learn and better understand your team members so
that you can guide and lead them. So, as you can see,
you possess a lot of amazing qualities that will make you an incredible leader.
It's just about really understanding your strengths and understanding where you
gain your energy so that you can leverage that within your leadership.
And yes, this is going to take some time until you get the hang of it.
But I can guarantee you that it is so worth it.
And I'm speaking from a place of experience now,
not necessarily a full on introvert.
I think a lot of us have like a combination of many things. And so for me,
I am an extrovert with, in private so like with my friends and family, I,
you know, I'm a crazy person when it comes to being in public spaces.
So whether it be, I don't know, at the mall or at, especially at work,
I am very much reserved, very much introverted. And so,
so much so actually that in meetings,
whenever I was with like the leadership team, it was really bad.
I was always the last person to put up my hand to say something or to actually
voice my opinion.
So much so that the facilitator got into the habit of always looking
over to me and being like, Makeda, do you have something to say?
Even if I had nothing to say,
he was just trying to pull it out of me and make sure that I actually said what
I had to say. Um, I also hated presentations, like hated presentations,
and that was really bad because I had to give many of them.
So what I'm trying to tell you is that you can do it
because I did get used to trying to step out of my comfort zone.
The more I really understood,
like where my strengths lie and how I can leverage that.
So it will be the exact same for you. Please listen to me.
When I say, do not sell yourself short. Like,
don't knock yourself out of the game before you have even started.
It's just a matter of having the right techniques and coupling it with the right
skills. And you will be that great manager that you want to be. You know,
at the end of the day,
it all boils down to your mindset because your mindset really just affects your
approach. Which is why in my accelerator framework with new managers,
I teach first mindset because I believe that it's the mindset that
really affects everything else.
Like building upon skills upon skills upon skills is not going to get you
anywhere unless you have your mindset solid first.
So if you're interested in learning more about my framework and my program,
I should say, then click the link below.
I'll leave it in the description box and you can jump on the wait list for when
the program launches in just a couple of weeks. Now,
before I wrap up just a little disclaimer here, I just want to make sure,
that you know,
that I am in no means saying that extroverts are better leaders and introverts
or vice versa. It's just a matter of how you gain your energy, right?
And so if you gain your energy from being with people, then leverage that.
And if you gain your energy in different ways than leverage that.
That's what this video is about, about you. Not, you know, like I said,
taking yourself out of the game before it even gets started.
And recognizing that you have so much to work with,
it's just a matter of really understanding what that is,
what that is and leveraging the power of that. Okay.
Just wanted to put that out there. Anyways,
I hope you found this video to be valuable.
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