“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are a leader.”
20 years experience in managing and leading teams
My leadership journey started in Publishing, managing a team of 12 Sales Executives as Advertisement Manager on You and Your Wedding Magazine. I went on to manage a team of six Marketing Managers and Commercial Administrators at The Scouts, with dotted lines to Marketing Managers across the Commercial subsidiaries. Many of the individuals I have worked with, have been successful during their time in my team, (gaining Exceptional Awards internally and local Marketing Awards externally). Equally, they have moved on to work for great organisations, leading teams and change.
My approach is very much ‘freedom in a framework.’ Agreeing clear objectives, ensuring clarity and giving the tools and resources to allow individuals to do their jobs, together with the right level of freedom to allow them to be successful. Communication is key, ensuring regular one to ones and team meetings. I believe in joint accountability, taking responsibility myself when things might not always go as well as planned but equally sharing success and allowing those around me to take the credit when things do go well.
I believe in character based leadership and true to that is that I bring myself to the teams and organisations I work with - the ‘who’ Lyndsey is, not just the ‘what’ she does. But I’m also determined to succeed and am relentless in meeting targets. I believe in hard work and all with a sense of fun.
Leading teams
Be a leader, be a role model, be brave
With a superb role model to look up to, I have built on the principles of Barry Dore for many years. I believe in being a leader who leads in the right way, inspiring, engaging and enabling others who build a better tomorrow everywhere. Not just in organisations but in families, schools, communities, voluntary endeavours, government and society. I have managed teams for over 20 years with some very successful and tangible results. The simple act of thanking individuals and teams regularly, goes a long way. Success should be celebrated, together with effective performance management and clear objective setting.
Future - Engage - Deliver
I also subscribe to the principles of Steve Radcliffe. Firstly that leading starts in the future state - where do we want to be? Secondly, if you want and need the help of others to create that future, you need to engage them. And thirdly, make things happen in the delivery stage. I believe that freedom in a framework is a simple approach to ensure everyone can be ‘the best they can’ as often as possible. Freedom supported by clear and mutually agreed objectives.