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5 Essential Tips For Effective Leadership
Leading a company can sound like a dream job. After all, you have the freedom to follow your own
rules. But the truth is, it is difficult to be a strong leader. It is
hard to be effective while also inspiring your employees and
garnering respect.
Here are a few tips to help you run a business in the best way
possible:
Don’t hide information from your employees
It always benefits to be transparent with your
employees. Your team will be able to tell if you’re hiding
information. Once your employees become uncertain or suspicious, they no longer trust
you, and the whole culture of work falls apart.
Tony Scherba, President and Founder of Yeti, suggests letting your team know where they are
in terms of progress and creating a plan to move forward. It’s
important to keep individual employees aware of their status
as it relates to the group.
This way, you will share your vision, which is at the center of
being a good leader.
Don’t forget to be human
It’s easy to fall into the trap of avoiding showing emotion in the workplace at all costs. The truth is, showing emotion humanizes you in a way that connects you with your employees. There is already a lot of emotion in the
workplace, and unfortunately a lot of it is negative.
Sandy Geroux, Chief Entertainment Officer of
WOWplace, International, suggests getting to know your
employees better so that there is more positive emotion in the
workplace.
You should also allow them to get to know you as well. Instead of
just asking people how they are, ask them about their families, hobbies or pets and share this
kind of information about yourself as well. Remember your employees’ names as well as the
names of their significant others or children.
If your employees know you care about them, they will care more
about you too.
Know the difference between skill and motivation
There are two main reasons for underperformance, a gap in skills, or a lack of motivation among your employees. If the
problem is skill-based, you can easy solve this with training,
coaching and support. It is more difficult to fix a lack of
motivation.
You need to take the time and effort necessary to figure out what makes your employees
inspired and excited to work. Make sure your employees
understand the way that their work fits into the big picture.
If there is something preventing your employees from doing the
best job that they can, it’s your job as a leader to find a solution to
this.
Be humble
An effective leader is someone who shares the spotlight and has
no problem giving credit when credit is due. To be an inspiring
leader, you need to commend your employees on a job well
done, and mention the ways that your employees are making the
company a better place.
Contrary to popular belief, it takes more confidence to be
humble than to bask in glory. Employees and clients alike will
appreciate your humilit
Surround yourself with smart people
When you’re choosing qualified people for your team you should
be looking for people who are experts in their respective fields.
For that reason, many of your employees will be smarter than
you. This is okay; in fact it’s aplus.
If you want to be a good leader, make sure to give these people
room to grow and innovate. If you allow your insecurity to get the better of you, you may create a
team of people just like you.
While you may feel comfortable in this situation, it is not the best
setup for progress. Instead of doing what makes you
comfortable, do what challenges you to create the best work
possible.
Being a leader comes with its own unique set of challenges. To be an
effective leader, make sure you connect with your team and remain down to Earth. If you
follow these tips, you are likely to reach your company’s goals while
gaining the respect of your employees.