This document provides tips for how to be a more supportive leader. It discusses that being supportive is one of the most important leadership behaviors, accounting for 89% of effectiveness. To be supportive, leaders must understand how others feel and build trust through authenticity and interest in their team. The document then offers specific actions leaders can take to stay supportive, such as staying in touch daily, getting involved in tasks, bringing the team together, and helping the team support each other.

1. How to be a more
supportive leader

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Being supportive is one of just 4 behaviours
that account for 89% of leadership
effectiveness.
Source: McKinsey & Company, 2015.

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But what does it mean
to be a supportive leader?

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“Leaders who are supportive understand and
sense how other people feel. By showing
authenticity and a sincere interest in those
around them, they build trust and inspire and
help colleagues to overcome challenges.”
Source: McKinsey & Company, 2015.

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It takes awareness and empathy.

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How can you be a more
supportive leader?

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1. Stay in touch with your team
• Start a daily stand-up
• Use a tool to track team progress, try: idonethis
• Use a tool to collect feedback from your team

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2. Get your hands dirty
• Get stuck into the day-to-day work
• Offer to help out on a menial task
• Do someone else’s job for a day

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“The worst thing a CEO can do is fail to
understand the work that the employee at
the lowest rung of their business is doing.”
– Monique Tatum, CEO of Beautiful Planning Marketing & PR.

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3. Bring the team together
• Look out for niggles between team members
• Mediate conversations between people
• Encourage open communication from everyone

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Supportive leaders do everything they can
to make sure everyone feels like they’re
part of the team and that no-one feels
alienated.

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4. Build support systems
• Coach your team on how to support each other.
• Start a buddy or shadowing system
• Help everyone in the team build awareness and empathy

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1. Stay in touch
2. Get your hands dirty
3. Unite the team
4. Build support systems
How can you be a more
supportive leader?

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