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Effective cheerleaders have deep insights, are masters at motivating, have a cheerful influencing style, are sensitive and resilient
Adil Malia
What makes a good cheerleader?
- Cheerleaders help you understand yourself. They make you accentuate your positives and eliminate your negatives
- Cheerleaders focus on making you realise and master the small things that make a big difference to your performance
- A cheerleader is a champion – you should look up to him/her for expert advice
- A cheerleader takes a 360 view and gives you competitive benchmarks with recommended strategy while you are busy running the race
- Through deep insights, cheerleaders know your strengths, vulnerabilities, triggers and palpitations. He/she writes your winning recipe
- A true cheerleader understands you best. He or she uses a bespoke combination of praise and critique to make you a grounded winner
- Cheerleaders are sharp and sensitive. They know when to 'clap', when to 'snap' and when to use the figurative 'slap' for best results
- Cheerleaders know where to draw the line between action and influence. Evolved leaders influence team behaviours and induce action
- Only a cheerleader can make you strive for excellence even when you could win by mediocre performance, raising the bar higher
- A leader who cannot be a ‘cheerleader' can only be a 'fear-leader'. That style will not take him or her further with the team
Adil Malia is CEO of The Firm and a member of the PS Leadership Board