Consistency in leadership is about being reliable and trustworthy all the time, not just occasionally. Your predictability in interactions, decisions and your approach to challenges sets the tone. From a team member’s perspective, who you are most of the time is who you’ll be the next time.
For leaders new to a team, trust is extra volatile in the beginning stages, which means it’s critical to invest extra time upfront to validate the initial trust the team has placed in you.
Trustworthy leaders are consistent, which makes it easy for others to predict how they will behave and respond to new challenges.
How accurately can your team predict how you will respond when new challenges arise? What step can you take this week to demonstrate greater consistency?