This Is Your Turning Point

Why do you want to be a leader? Last week I had the opportunity to speak at HR summit & Expo in Dubai, I had the chance to talk about anything I wanted Straight away though I knew what I wanted to speak about . Understanding if leadership is the right move for you. You will know people who got promoted and were gone from the business in 6 months. Why does this happen? In my presentation I showed it from 2 sides. Should they have been a leader in the first place? What should the company be doing to protect the person? During my presentation I like to ask thought provoking questions, reason being, everyone knows what they’re doing but are they doing it? Along with my own experience I’ve been fortunate enough to have some incredible conversations with CHRO and senior leaders who not only talk but have proven strategies. I speak about these during my presentation. Do you think this can help you, your development and the development of people in your business? Want a copy of the presentation? I’ve put this together on 2 pages. If you want a copy! Comment in the box ‘YES’ and I’ll send it to you! Working with ICS Learn team, they wanted to make sure this presentation stayed evergreen so we recorded it. Comment YES YES for both 😂😂 People say I look so calm on stage but In all honestly, I have doubts constantly but I know if I can get through it, it really can bring value to people and make a difference in their lives .

Failing my way (in public, in my car) to success On this episode I speak about hiring someone who was meant to raise the bar, a new benchmark on what success looks like, Trouble was, I made the wrong choice Now, if you make a bad choice you can either bite the bullet, hold or your hands up and solve the issue before it gets out of hand, Or you can drag it out and in the end, relationships , culture and all round energy can get effected watch this episode to see what happened to me, I do these videos to show the challenges, everyday is a struggle, I will tell you nothing comes easy and show you where I fail but I will fail my way to success. What happens when you don't make a decision as a leader?

As a leader, what would you do in this situation? This was a big eye opener for me. Around 6 years ago I decided I was leaving the company I worked at for 7 years, I have my own company now but back then I was looking for a leadership role at one of the flag ship companies In Dubai . During the interview I was asked a situational question. Mark, you’re leading a team and the the online product goes down, no one can open the app, no one can use it, what do you do ? Now, on reflection, I completely messed up here! My response I’ll do what ever I have to, I’ll do this job , I’ll do that job, I’ll be up all night to ensure it’s done and everyone is back on line!!At the time I thought it showed my grit and determination BUT The reason for the question was to see the level of trust I had in my team! What should I have done? Well I need to first of all picture that I know my team, I trust them and they are more than capable to get this issue resolved ! With that mindset I then can go about what is my role and that is to support them in the background Yes I have to still be hands on but in no way should I be trying to do the tech guys job when I don’t even know how to set up a laptop! Why am I saying this? 2 things 1 - I realized that maybe I’m not the leader I thought I was.2 - don’t be so eager during an interview to say you’ll turn the world upside down to get it doneThink what you would actually do in that role and probably something you’ve already been doing for a number of months / years.If you want to know what else happened during this Interview, something that meant I wasn’t even going to get the job in the first place, watch out for my “failing my way (in public) to success podcast Where I tell more of this story, you’ll be SHOCKED and I’m hoping it questions some of the stupidity that goes on today! Leaders, recruiters, interviewers, interviewees , what’s your thoughts on this? Has it happened to you? hashtag#leadership hashtag#interview hashtag#candidate hashtag#recruitment hashtag#grit hashtag#determination

because of my behaviors and my intentions I was given an opportunity within the company to be promoted So going through the interview process my director he said to me Mark what do you think about going for a promotion? And I said well I'm not sure but I'll give it a go I asked him what are you expecting to see in my presentation? And he actually gave me an overview So when you're banging your head against the wall thinking what should I be presenting What is this person going to expect Ask the question What are you expecting to see from this? And he gave me a breakdown And it wasn't that he gave me the answers I still had to put it together go through the presentation And that was tough But at least I had a sort of expectation of what he wanted to see and that really helped he comes up with a question and he says why should you get this job over the other person? And I said bluntly and to the point I'm not here to talk about the other person I'm here to talk about myself If I do not get this job I will leave the business Now for about 7 years in my head I've told myself that the reason why I've said that is because I'm the man and what a line to drop and everything And the truth is that actually isn't true And it's only through going for a presentation I did last week about the social pressures of leadership and why people decide to be a leader in the first place And one of the reasons is the social pressure of oh you're not a manager yet Oh you're still doing a sales job Oh I thought you'd be a bit more than that by now And it wasn't that I fell for that particular trap It was that everyone would have known that I would have gone for this promotion And if I wouldn't have got the job I said to myself oh now I've got a taste of it I have to go for a leadership role But the truth is I thought I'll be so embarrassed going back into what I was doing when everybody across the business you know everyone saw that I was interviewing for it Everyone knew that I was going for that position So that was a little bit of an awakening in the last couple of weeks really because even though yes I felt that oh I couldn't once I got a taste for leadership I couldn't go back into doing just what I was doing But also I came to a realisation that yeah I would have been embarrassed i would have been embarrassed to go back and have that person who i was a team member with have a promotion and me just continue with what what i was doing which you know i was pretty happy with coming in making good money uh but it's 2 ways here one is that i've been identified as a leader my director saw something in me now whether he thought and again this is the journey I've been on you know was I coachable enough Did he see me as the person that could be coachable? And I honestly believe that in the last you know from working with him getting things wrong multiple times but putting my hands up challenging him as well You know you might not think To be coachable you can challenge but he wanted me to challenge him because it was a sort of mentor-mentee thing

I'm bored of talking into a camera, (it doesn't feel right) so I thought I would do a more , in the flow episode. Last week I did a presentation about the pitfalls of leadership and it got me thinking , In this episode I share story of when I was promoted and a few of the first actions I took. Let me hear your thoughts on this

On the show today I share with you a presentation I did to a packed audience, What was the topic? How to develop talent. Working as a development coach but also being around businesses for the past 20 years I see a lot of good intentions but rarely do the behaviors match up. 1st - are our behaviors matching our intentions? I will speak about how the company that has invested to bring me in to train the team, its a time where we disconnect and really focus on learning and developing, What happens? the manager comes in and disturbs the whole session to speak with someone about an on going deal. 2 - disconnect between company goal and personal goal, there is not a clear defined line on what that journey, that vision looks like. 3 - training is so much more than a tick box exercise - how much planning is going into this? 4 - too much flip flopping, no consistency - this creates lack of trust. 5 - listen to the full episode It is clear that if you want to keep talent you have to be willing to invest, be patient, show growth opportunities, create a culture of learning and be agile to changing of the times. Welcome to the new season, this is my 100th episode and I wanted to celebrate by investing in a studio with great lighting, sound and even better guests Connect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marksclairetraining/ LinkedIn: MarkSclaire https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-sclaire-97202045/ Website: www.marksclaire.com Email: mark@marksclaire.com Phone: +971566556093 ======================= Please support this channel by giving me a like, subscribing or leaving a comment.

Sales Professionals, Welcome to another episode of Failing my way, in public, to success, the Mark Sclaire podcast, you could have been anywhere else but you're here with me and I appreciate that, so lets get started . In this podcast I document my journey, its easy to highlight the great parts but people can really like from the mistakes we make and those are what I try to share. Thank you for joining me on this journey Connect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marksclairetraining/ LinkedIn: MarkSclaire https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-sclaire-97202045/ Website: www.marksclaire.com Email: mark@marksclaire.com Phone: +971566556093 ======================= support this channel by giving me a like, subscribing or leaving a comment. What I learned from Tony Robbins and Moderating at Event in KSA

Welcome to another episode of failing my way (in public) to success. 3 weeks in a row now, getting some consistency going again. This is the journey of Mark, lots of downs, many ups but just trying to find my way to success.Most shows you only see the highlight reels, the great successes that people claim every day, That's not real though and even if they are being upfront, many times its not authentic and part of the plan. I hope on this show people get an insight into the challenges I face on a weekly basis, both externally and internally, On the pod this week, I talk about the 2 interviews that I recorded for my new season I have 2 podcasts, 1 is the show you're listening to now (thank you) and the other is where I interview people to get insights and knowledge so I can be better at what I do and because you're listening, you might learn something also. The 1st recording was on Thursday, 4th April and as much as i prepared, there were issues,I felt like I wasn't seated right and because of that I was not engaged enough with the person I was interviewing. My biggest problem was that I got into my head that I could not look at my notes whilst the person was talking, I felt that if they saw this they would think I was disrespecting them and that's not the case AT ALL!!I t is very normal for the person doing the interview to look at their notes but for some reason I could not do it. Why does this matter? because I feel I ended up asking questions that yes meant something but did not go with the objective of the interview. The show was for 1 hour and we ran out of time, It easily could have gone on another hour, If you are reading down this far, I really appreciate it :) What I want to say hear though is that I had a chance the next day to do better, I wrote down what I felt went wrong and I made sure that I did better the next time, I can say that everything i wanted to better, I did, The seating, the mic position, asking 2 questions at the end that were important to me, I looked down at the questions (i informed the new guest I would be doing that) There is something that I need to say as well though, I really don't know what this is yet but what I do know, the point of the show is to interview people that I can learn from and be inspired, people I respect, its not for clickbait or having people on because its a popular topic and will get views. I'm being selfish, I want to learn and get the edge, the great news is, you can listen and get the edge also. Connect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marksclairetraining/ LinkedIn: MarkSclaire https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-sclaire-97202045/ Website: www.marksclaire.com Email: mark@marksclaire.com ======================= Please support this channel by giving me a like, subscribing or leaving a comment. Ep 96 - 5 Mistakes made whilst interviewing.