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May shone a spotlight on \u2018influencing skills\u2019, leading in complex environments, coach development and finding the right ways to test tech solutions.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

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By John Portch<\/h6>\n
Even at the moment of her greatest coaching triumph, Arsenal Women Head Coach Ren\u00e9e Slegers was thinking about the future.<\/h6>\n

\u201cWe want to keep on building from this,\u201d\u00a0said Slegers after her side had defeated Barcelona Femen\u00ed 1-0 in May\u2019s Uefa Women\u2019s Champions League final.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe in who we are and what we do and we want to keep on building and keep on going next season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slegers, who is less than a year into her first head coaching role, knows the risk of standing still, both as a team and as a head coach.<\/p>\n

Throughout the fifth month, the Leaders Performance Institute was on hand to deliver a selection of sessions to help members further hone their leadership skills, from the art of influencing to introducing and managing more efficient processes for testing tech.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the choicest cuts.<\/p>\n

To influence, you need to listen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeff Pagliano of Management Futures hosted an \u2018influencing skills\u2019 session<\/a> for Leaders Performance Institute members as part of our Leadership Skills Series.<\/p>\n

He introduced the topic of \u2018listening well\u2019, which supports influencing in two specific ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps the intimacy part of the trust equation and it gives you the context for a person\u2019s point of view,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re more prepared when the time comes for you to share your knowledge and suggest a course of action.<\/p>\n

\u201cActive listening is when you\u2019re not only tuned into what someone says but also what they feel and believe picking up on both their verbal and non-verbal communication is the foundation of intimacy and the antithesis of self-interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

He shared the following image to illustrate his point:<\/p>\n

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When you\u2019re talking to someone you are hoping to influence it\u2019s always useful to reflect on the goals of each conversation, both what you want and what the other person needs as a way to determine the best way to listen at the moment. And you may realise that a different mode or combinations of modes would be better.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jeff Pagliano, Management Futures<\/pre>\n
Top tips for leading in complexity<\/strong><\/p>\n
In May, we also launched a Learning Series that explored adaptability in the complex world of high performance. In the first session, Tim Cox of Management Futures offered a series of seven tips, including: prioritise time for analysing what is changing.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what that entails:<\/p>\n