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User Experience (UX) is everything that happens when a user interacts with your brand through websites, applications or online communications. Anything they see, hear, do and feel counts, especially in terms of how pleasing it is to use!
AOL – Aligned Open Leadership
Think of the things that we talk about leadership styles: the requirements, what are the functions, what are leaders supposed to be, why they are there. It always comes back to something external, regardless of the style of leadership. Larry is working on a concept that he calls “Aligned Open Leadership” which looks at the alignment of self-leadership with that of the leadership of others. It’s about how you lead your life, how you set and follow, being reflective on how you work with others how it drives you, and how you interact with others.
3 Keys to Self-Leadership
There are three keys to self-leadership that will improve how you interact and communicate:
Awareness
Consciousness
Mindfulness
You cannot you understand others, let alone yourself, if you do not possess these skills. Take the time to develop these skills through routine reflection and practiced action.
Expand on these key points by discovering who you are, what you are about, why you do what you do, and how you do it to strengthen and optimize your foundation.
The Leadership Flow
Your brand foundation drives your authenticity every second of every day which is why it is crucial to have it defined. The brand authenticity creates communication, engagement and relationships between your business and other brands or consumers. These relationships exist to increase trust, which ultimately gives you the social influence needed to be a good leader.
Elevator Pitch
In a minute, write down the top ten characteristics that best describe you and your leadership style.
How’d you do? Well… results showed that about 5% of people will get ten, about 94% will fall somewhere between five and eight, and a very small percentage for any other option. This demonstrates that despite how well a person thinks they know themselves, it isn’t as well as they do because most participants hesitate when naming these ten characteristics.
If you struggled to name them, that’s alright! Focus on refining your business elevator pitch to market yourself and understand what areas need to be improved.
Speaker's Specifics
Larry Lall is a transformational coach, consultant, author, and speaker that helps businesses identify, resolve and improve foundational performance and productivity issues through building a culture of confidence and trust. He also helps individuals identify and achieve their desired outcomes while realizing their limitless potential.
Larry offers Foundational Coaching; Self Leadership for bridging the gap and sustaining outcomes, success and happiness. You can sign up for coaching on his website and see more of what he does on his LinkedIn!
