Why We Need to Get the Balance in Wellbeing

Lessons for Leaders

This week, I share my interview Scott McLennan. Scott is a Regional Manager at Santander, and has been in that career for 12 years. Scott came on the podcast to share his thoughts on how leaders should be striving for balance, and how leaders should be more willing to show vulnerability in order to show others that they can be open.

This episode discusses how emotion in the workplace can have a ‘domino effect’ upon the other members of your team, and then onto your client.

Scott finds that with his position in the company, and the responsibilities that it holds, it is important that he is authentic as it is extremely important to his team of 165 people.

The world isn’t perfect at the moment, and it can feel like the hierarchical status of businesses have plateaued; like everybody is now on the same level at the moment.

Scott shares a story about this in which he shared some of his stories of failure with his colleagues, and how they felt that he was more a person instead of a title, after the fact. Being truthful in the workplace as a leader can help with performance.

We also discuss motivation in the workplace. Motivation can be a difficult thing to find while in the workplace, but we share some of our own ways to keep motivated and happy, even in times of difficulty - ‘It is so important to keep doing positive things, even if you don’t have to, because it helps you feel much more energised’

Listen to the podcast to hear this and more as we delve deeper into boundaries! A topic that I love talking about.

You can find Scott McLennan on his LinkedIn profile:

http://linkedin.com/in/scott-mclennan-97a6a627

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