I had one client working with me as she was promoted to a people manager role. Her first role of this sort.

“How should I behave, now that I am a people manager?” she asked.

“I am not sure whether or not I should still be myself or start behaving in a different manner. I think I should change my behaviour since a people manager must be tough, decisive and very results oriented”.

“Who would you be, if not yourself?” I asked her.

We worked a lot on her self awareness and on the differences between “being” and “doing”. We also clarified her role as a new people leader, the mission she received and the performance indicators she was required to reach.
Our coaching sessions revealed that “doing” seemed to her conditioned by “being”. She was assuming she would have to become a different person and put a “mask” following her promotion, to demonstrate she is able to do the job and produce results. Something she was not aligned with, in fact.
She preferred being herself, enriching her current self awareness and building a new rapport with the persons now becoming her subordinates.
Following the newly found insights, she was able to navigate the new role requirements, build a leadership style fit for her personality and values, and reach her business targets.🚀

What do you do to achieve results as a leader while being aligned with your style and values?