Leadership Styles for Women with Coach Sara | EP 66

Most of us never sat down and picked a leadership style. You get the role and you grow into something.And it holds up fine for a long time. Then you get a hard project, or a hard person, and that’s usually when you find out what you’ve actually been doing all along. There are ten leadership styles, and most women lean on two or three of them. The ones you use most are usuallythe ones that feel the most like you, so they’re the hardest to notice. Sara Spencer joins Jill to walk through all ten leadership styles, including the ones they see women fall back on the hardest. Tune in to learn: • The style most women fall back on without ever choosing it • What your team isn’t telling you because they like you • The two styles women are already great at, and the one worth building 04:25 – All ten styles, laid out end to end 06:47 – The style most women fall back on without choosing it 07:51 – How wanting to help turns into micromanaging 08:22 – When laissez faire isn’t a choice at all 09:59 – Why warm, likable women end up running on charisma 10:30 – What your team isn’t telling you because they like you 11:05 – Directive and delegating, and how to tell the two apart 15:17 – The supportive style, and the dependency it can quietly create 19:14 – How to use the coaching style in a tough conversation 21:08 – Transformational leadership and the four I’s 23:02 – The two styles women are already great at 24:22 – The competitive streak, and the double bind around it 26:48 – What happens in the interview when all you can say is collaborative 27:51 – Three shifts you can make this week 📚 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE • Sara Spencer’s first appearance on the show    • How To Deal With Not Getting Promoted | E2   • Episode 65, how to get buy in from your team    • How To Get Buy-in From Your Team | Ep 65   👋 ABOUT SARA SPENCER As a leadership coach for over 12 years at Boeing, Sara saw that health and wellness was integral to a leader’s success. That led her to earn a Health Coaching certification to help leaders bring more balance into their lives. Sara holds a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) certification from the International Coaching Federation, with supplementary certifications in Positive Intelligence, TILT 365 and the TILT Personality Profile, DiSC, the Energy Management model, Birkman, Inside Out Coaching, Voice Dialogue and Health Coaching. ✈️ FREE PASSPORT TO PROMOTION PRIVATE PODCAST: 7 STEPS TO GET PROMOTED FROM DIRECTOR TO VP https://joinsistersinleadership.com/7... 👩‍💻APPLY FOR THE SISTERS IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM An 12-month coaching program for women leaders who want to rise up and fulfill their career potential and get promoted from director to VP https://joinsistersinleadership.com/ ⭐ SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ⭐ SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A REVIEW ON SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/14Yh9jy... 👋 CONNECT WITH JILL Website: https://sistersmart.com/ YouTube: https://linktw.in/uWD3ko LinkedIn:   / jillavey