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Leadership in 180 Seconds

Shane Kuchel

Leadership in 180 Seconds: 3 minutes to sharpen your leadership each Tuesday.

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Are you wise or a fool?

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/05/06

When we talk about leadership, we typically think about aspects of leadership external to self - the person we are leading or the task we are doing. But the leaders I have enjoyed following the most, are leaders who really know who they are. They understand their strengths and use them. They understand their weaknesses, they don’t try to hide them, but instead seek out people who are strong in those areas. They use their self-awareness to change how they lead according to what a situation requires,

What do you believe is most important in a good leader?

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/04/29

Beatrice Chestnut is the author of the excellent book, the ‘9 types of leadership’. In a nut shell the book considers how our personalities as discussed within the Enneagram model affect our leadership. Chestnut helps us understand ourselves and those we work with better. As our self-awareness increases we are able to lead with greater insight, wisdom and understanding.I started a new roll some time ago and once I’d signed the contract I reached out to my future staff to start building relationships

Do you want a long and successful future?

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/04/22

Embracing continuous improvement focuses on embedding new approaches into the organisation's culture to ensure sustained success. Change is not a one-time event but a continuous journey. It's about fostering a culture that embraces adaptability and innovation. By instituting a change culture, leaders cultivate an environment where your team can thrive and grow towards long term sustainability and profitability no matter what changes around you. Stay in

Do you see some success and then take the foot off...

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/04/15

The Greek Philosopher, Heraclitus, says, ‘Change is the only constant’. ‘Change is the only constant’. We may not like it, but change is happening when we are sleeping! It doesn’t matter what we are doing about change, the world is changing around us! So for you and me as leaders within our organisations, business, churches, and families, we need to ask ourselves if we are prepared to change. The work is not easy and Kotter’s 7th principal for change, ‘sustaining acceleration’, is where many change

Do you love a party? Here is your excuse to celebrate...

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/04/08

In this episode I paint the picture: Could you live for days on end in a maze, not knowing if you are making any progress? John Kotter’s 6th principal, celebrating the small victories helps you and your team to rise above the day to day and to notice how far you have come and how far you have to go. It helps you to stay focussed on the change vision ahead.Stay in touch:www.shanekuchel.com@shanekuchelshane@shanekuchel.com

Easter Edition! Who is the leader who empowered you?

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/04/01

It was Easter this last weekend and there is no doubt that I am influenced by the leadership of Jesus Christ. So I decided that this episode would be about empowerment. In my opinion, there is no one who better empowered than Jesus. He is the ultimate example of empowerment. If you are seeking empowerment, check out the words of Jesus. He took the down and outers and created a movement that is the most influential throughout the world today. May you be strengthened and empowered today!Stay in

If you find it hard as a team leader to encourage...

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/03/25

Let me paint the picture for you. You come up with a brilliant idea. It comes directly out of a complaint from a client, you know how to fix it but it is going to require more than you can do by yourself. You go to your boss and share it. She says ‘no’. Demoralising right? Now, let me put the shoe on the other foot. You are in the middle of a project, your team member barges into your office with a great idea, and you just don’t have the time. You say ‘no’. Do either of those scenarios sound

Your preferred future is clear to you. So are you...

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/03/18

In John Kotter’s research, he found that most leaders under communicate their vision by a factor of 10. To paint a picture, that’s like if I was to tell you, I went for a 10 hour hike the other day. I got an hour in, sat down, poured water on my head and congratulated myself for a job well done and walked back to the car! Does that make you think about your communication?Last week on my podcast, I talked about Kotter’s 3rd Principal of change in which we must form a strategic vision. Once it is

Have you been asked to change, without direction as...

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/03/11

Where are you going?! If you and your people don’t understand where you are going and why, you won’t get there! It makes perfect sense right? But, how often have we tried to achieve something without communicating exactly what we are trying to achieve?John Kotter, change management guru, writes, ‘A useful rule of thumb: if you can’t communicate the vision to someone in five minutes or less and get a reaction that signifies both understanding and interest, you are not yet done with this phase of the

Do you know who your allies are?

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/03/04

Very early in my career I was a part of an organisation in which the key decision maker wanted to implement what I thought was a brilliant concept. However, I watched the organisation unravel because the key leader had not brought along some important stakeholders. Two influential people in the organisation didn’t like the idea and in the end created such discontent that the vision decimated us. People left in droves.The second of Kotter’s 8 steps of change management is creating a powerful “guiding

How urgently do you want change?

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/02/26

This next few episodes are based on the 8 steps of change management’ by Dr. John Kotter. Being a model from the 90’s, there are plenty of updated models for day to day change management; so I rarely use Kotter’s 8 steps sequentially for change - but I find these principles so helpful in any change.Kotter’s first principle is ‘create a sense of urgency’. Honestly, I have had to work hard to do this. I am your low friction guy - I don’t want to create stress in the workplace. However, I have learnt

Talking about Listening: Ironic, isn’t it?

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/02/19

Let me tell you a story! I was starting a brand new job in an industry that I didn’t really understand. Ever felt like a fish out of water? I understood that my staff were severely disengaged and I was coming onto team to help them engage. Have you felt like you had no idea how to achieve the task ahead? I remember walking into the offices with my staff and seeing the glaring looks. What are you doing here? It wasn’t a positive start. I figured that if I was going to get anywhere I needed to create

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Do you value your Values?

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/02/12

I remember walking through the halls of a new workplace and seeing a bunch of the values plastered over the walls. It excited me to be working in a place where the values resonated with me. However it didn’t take me long to find out that one of the values, in particular, was not adhered to at all. Have you ever found yourself in that situation? How did it leave you? Did you last long there? When we find our actions or the actions of our workplace at odds with our proclaimed values, a very uneasy

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Why would you want a Mission Statement?

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/02/05

www.shanekuchel.com@shanekuchelThere is so much confusion about Vision and Mission Statements! I have been confused more than once myself! Why have two statements that seem to be the same thing? Well, they may be similar but they are both incredibly important. If used well, they will help you to define two different parts of your journey. A Vision describes where you are going. It is that distant mountain peak that you are aiming for. The Mission Statement is your ‘how’ in the day to day. How will

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Have you reconsidered your vision lately?

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/01/29

Something that really energises me is hiking! One of my favourite local spots, Bally Mountain, is a pretty significant climb - but the reward for reaching the summit is an almost 360 degree view of the Gold Coast. It’s breathtaking!When I’m hiking I am reminded of vision because, a good vision is the end point for your journey. A good vision tells us where we are going; it inspires you, your team and your organisation; it tells your clients of the great things that are going to be achieved and

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Why?

Leadership in 180 Seconds ·

2024/01/23

The first significant leadership role I had made an indelible mark on me. I was looking after a rag tag bunch of muso's at my local church. I was 13 years old! And I am not sure that I really did a great job either! But somehow, I grew the team and helped us all to function well together well together. It was incredibly fulfilling as a young man to have such opportunity and responsibility. My heartfelt thanks goes out to Richard Ansoul who was the visionary leader who believed in me and encouraged

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