How Your First Meeting with a New Team Can Make or Break Your Leadership

The Mammoth in the Room

Have you ever considered how much weight your first impression as a leader carries when meeting your team for the first time? That initial interaction could set the tone for your entire leadership journey with them. So what happens if you get it wrong?

Today, you’ll learn how to choose the content and format of the first meeting, essential soft skills for effective communication, and practical tips for creating a positive, inclusive, and collaborative environment, such as being on time and focusing on team achievements rather than personal accolades.

Tune in to discover how you can make that critical first impression count and set the stage for long-term success as a leader.

In this episode:

- The importance of first impressions in leadership

- How to set up the first meeting

- Choosing the content for the first meeting

- Essential soft skills for that first interaction

- Research and evolutionary psychology of leadership

- How to get Nicolas’ book, “Mammoth in the Room”

Join the waitlist to Pre-Order Nicolas’ book “The Mammoth in the Room”

👉 https://mammothleadershipsciences.com/book/

Citations for this episode:

Vugt, M. V., & Ronay, R. (2014). The evolutionary psychology of leadership: Theory, review, and roadmap. Organizational Psychology Review, 4(1), 74-95. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274471020_The_evolutionary_psychology_of_leadership_Theory_review_and_roadmap

Hogan, R., & Kaiser, R. B. (2005). What we know about leadership. Review of general psychology, 9(2), 169-180. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232604395_What_We_Know_About_Leadership

Get in Touch:

🌐 Website: https://www.mammothleadershipsciences.com

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolaspokorny

▶️ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MammothLeadershipSciences