E32 – Creating Leaders, not Followers, in your Team with Lynne Harwood

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E32: Interview with Lynne Harwood

Lynne is the CEO of Forrest Personnel and in this episode, we talk about so many amazing leadership concepts with a key focus around servant leadership. Lynne gave some insights on how to fill that space by making yourself as indispensable as possible though focussing on being there to serve above everything else. The most effective way to do this is to make it all about employees and the organisation and less about you.

Lynne also discussed the difference between leadership and management being that management is creating an environment where the team are doing things right and leadership is creating a space where the team is doing the right thing. We also touched a little on the Ego and how understanding our Ego is the key to understanding ourselves and helps us stand on the right side of the fine line between confidence and cockiness. The key element that really stuck with me from the interview with Lynne was her analogy about us all being like a fist in a bucket of water. We should be able to remove our fist allowing the water to go in and fill the space with ease yet still leave the water enriched by us having been there.

Lynne Harwood Contact Details:

Lynne Harwood LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynneharwood

Forrest Personnel LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/forrest-personnel-inc/

Forrest Personnel Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ForrestPersonnel

Lynne Harwood Email – [e-mail]

Lynne Harwood Bio:

Lynne is a successful CEO with strong strategic leadership, business acumen and management skills, enhanced by a successful career in organisational transformation.

She is a respected leader, lateral thinker and influencer in the community sector who has effectively driven transformational change and reform through six organisations over the last 20 plus years. A highly committed, people focused and values driven professional with the capacity to analyse organisational strengths and drive change to achieve sustainable, appropriate outcomes are just some of the key traits demonstrated by Lynne.

Lynne exhibits a proven capacity to provide strong strategic leadership in an environment of significant and constant change, including establishing sustainable governance and management structures. Her leadership focus includes a commitment to champion the organisation’s vision, mission and values with strong stakeholder focus and a commitment to meeting and exceeding client expectations in the delivery of high quality services, in tandem with performance and expectations monitoring.

Lynne holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and is a Certified Practicing Accountant with exceptional skills in financial management, resource allocation, financial modelling and budgets, with a focus on financial viability.