7 More Questions on Leadership with Steven Michael Windmill
Name: Steven Michael Windmill
Title: Chair
Organisation: Everest Assets Group
๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ข, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐&๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ '๐๐ข๐ง๐ฒ' ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐. ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐.
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1. As a leader, how do you build trust with employees, customers and other stakeholders?
I set 'missions' with aims and objectives and intent. Then i leave them to get on with it (or so they think, as I make a point of dropping by, usually with coffee and cake, to assess progress)
2. What do 'VISION' and 'MISSION' mean to you? And what does it actually look like to use them in real-world business?
Vision: A long term picture of what i want the world/firm to look like in 5+ years.
Mission: A defined target, time bound, supported by a mix of aims and objectives ... but no micro management as to hoe they are all to be achieved.
3. How can a leader empower the people they're leading?
Set them 'missions' with aims and objectives and (my) intent. Then i leave them to get on with it (or so they think, as I make a point of routinely dropping by, usually with coffee and cake, to assess progress)
4. Who are some of the coaches or mentors in your life who have had a positive influence on your leadership? Can you please tell a meaningful story about one of them?
Bryn Edwards: He added to my MBA training by making meapply what I knew to the real world; observation (of premises and during meetings) and people watching where key.
General Sir Peter Wall: He taught me the value of brevity in the writing of orders and instructions. UK's greatest living General.
5. Leadership is often more about what you DON'T do. How do you maintain focus in your role?
Set Missions (see above) .... and dont micro manage.
6. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Everyone plans differently. How do you plan for the week, month and years ahead in your role?
Week: 80% of time filled. No more.
Month: 50% of my time filled in advance. Remainder as it arises.
Year: Keep it simple. The 1-Page Business Plan Rules. If you cant write it in 1-2 pages, you dont understand what you are writing.
7. What advice would you give to a young leader who is struggling to delegate effectively?
Give slightly more orders (and follow up time) than you are comfortable with giving. Your level of comfort will grow in time.
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