184 | How Leaders Accidentally Reward the Wrong Behaviours

Podcast: Women of Faith in Leadership | Leading with integrity, Leadership Self-doubt, Christian Leadership, Leading with confidence, Teamwork · Rika Whelan | Christian Leadership Coach

Opublikowano: 2026-10-05

As leaders, we can say that we value accountability, initiative, honesty and responsibility, but what really shapes our team is what happens when people demonstrate those behaviours... or when they don’t. Sometimes, without even realising it, our leadership responses can reinforce the very behaviours that frustrate us. We step in when someone misses a deadline. We give more work to the person who is already reliable. We soften an expectation when someone becomes upset. Or we spend so much time managing difficult behaviour that the people quietly doing a great job barely get noticed. ...