Top Tips for Helping Your People to Blossom! Boost Your Team With Positive Narratives © Mind Tools Ltd, 2019. Discover more about creating postive narratives at: www.mindtools.com/positive-narratives 1 2 3 4 Your “narrative” builds up from the moment you recruit a team member and lasts well beyond the time they leave. Let’s look at how you can create a positive narrative, and so boost your people’s reputation, confidence and performance. Start Here The stories you choose to tell about your colleagues have a big effect on how they perceive themselves and on how others perceive them. Make a Great First Impression Present newcomers in a positive light by describing the strengths that they will bring to the team, or share some interesting (but appropriate!) background information. Stay Credible Don’t flatter to deceive! Your narratives must be realistic and truthful to deliver on their promises. And don’t over do it – if you’re always gushing about your team, your narratives will lose impact. Mind Your Language! Careless or ill-judged remarks can damage trust and reputations, but well-chosen and deserved compliments can have the opposite effect. Give “Golden Goodbyes” Departures offer a great opportunity to create a positive narrative. Praising their contribution will send your team member off with a spring in their step! And crediting their work after they’re gone will show others that your narrative is genuine. Be Supportive and Encouraging A shy or under-confident team member may be ignored by others – you can raise their profile. And give your people goals and tasks to demonstrate the strengths that you’ve highlighted in your narratives. 5

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Top Tips for Helping Your People to Blossom!Boost Your Team With Positive Narratives

Discover more about creating postive narrativesat: www.mindtools.com/positive-narratives

Your “narrative” builds upfrom the moment you recruita team member and lasts wellbeyond the time they leave.

Let’s look at how you can create a positive narrative, and so boost your people’sreputation, confidenceand performance.

Start Here

The stories you choose to tell about your colleagues have a big e�ect on how they perceive themselves and on how others perceive them.

Make a Great First ImpressionPresent newcomers in apositive light by describing the strengths that they will bring to the team, or share some interesting (but appropriate!) background information.

Stay CredibleDon’t flatter to deceive! Your narratives must be realistic

and truthful to deliver on their promises. And don’t over doit – if you’re always gushing

about your team, yournarratives will lose impact.

Mind YourLanguage!Careless or ill-judgedremarks can damagetrust and reputations, but well-chosen and deserved compliments can have theopposite e�ect.

Give “Golden Goodbyes”Departures o�er a greatopportunity to create a positive narrative. Praising theircontribution will send your team member o� with a spring in their step! And crediting their workafter they’re gone will show others that your narrative is genuine.

Be Supportive and Encouraging

A shy or under-confident team member may be ignored by others – you can raise their profile. And give your people goals and tasks to demonstrate the strengths

that you’ve highlighted in your narratives.