12. Mike Williamson: From school leader to NFP and The Smith Family

For this episode we are joined by Mike Williamson, a person with a fascinating career.

He started in management consulting in London, he moved to the education sector where he rose to become a senior leader in the schooling system. 
then he morphed his career to the not for profit sector where he went on to hold senior leadership roles in organisations such as Bicycle network Victoria, The Brotherhood of St Laurence and The Smith Family.

In this episode Mike shares:

• How his first mistake in a leader was going confrontational when he should have been checking in on his team member
• what happened when he inherited a team that had been scared shy by a micromanaging scary manager
• How he handled the scared inherited team
• The time he had a period of overwhelm and his bandwidth was really low
• The importance of coaching your staff and how to introduce a coaching culture in the workplace
• The challenges he encountered with his team during covid and how it led to a greater focus on wellbeing

 

Key Quotes

“Fundamentally if you’re leading a team you have to get results, but you also have to let those people develop. You have to do both of those things.”

“I had a period of overwhelm and my bandwidth was really low. And that not only effects your work situation but also your life.”

 

If you want to find out more about Mike Williamson

You can follow Mike on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikewilliamson1610/  

And you can find out about his coaching and more here: https://www.levelsixcoaching.com/ 

 

If you want to find out more about what Wayne does, check out his business via the website: 

http://engage4performance.com/

Or you can follow him on socials:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-reuben-engage4performance/

 

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