Wednesday, January 8, 2014
LEADERSHIP - 7 KEYS TO SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS DURING 2014
The New Year
is an exciting time because it is typically brimming with potential and
fabulous intentions.
Whilst we are not a fan of casual resolutions, We do recommend that leaders create and commit to goals. And track results that are achieved along the way. With this in mind, We offer you the following seven reasons why your leadership this year will drive great outcomes.
Whilst we are not a fan of casual resolutions, We do recommend that leaders create and commit to goals. And track results that are achieved along the way. With this in mind, We offer you the following seven reasons why your leadership this year will drive great outcomes.
1. CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THE VALUES OF YOUR ORGANISATION
Whether your organisation has created formal core values or not, you will make certain that team members know the common thread of values you expect to see running through everything they do.
In fact, you are so committed to this goal, that you have marked your calendar once per week to remind yourself to reinforce your organisation’s values.
Finally, you have committed to linking the behaviors you observe in the workplace to the feedback you will share with team members every day. In the process, you realise that your consistent feedback will help your team to gain a visual image of the values that serve as the bedrock of your organisation’s actions.
2. SHARE THE EXPECTATIONS YOUR TEAM MEMBERS WILL COLLABORATE WITH
Highlight that collaboration across departmental and functional lines is not only expected, but that it is essential to the success of your organisation.
Commit to sharing feedback with team members and individuals in order to ensure that they grasp the intense level of workplace collaboration you expect.
3. SET & MAINTAIN THE PRIORITIES OF YOUR ORGANISATION
The work environment is ever-changing, and the pace of change is increasing each year.
As such, you can help your team to be fluid and agile, while not losing sight of the big picture. In order to help team members cut through the swirl of priority distractions, you can utilise communication techniques to help your team keep their eyes on the real drivers of your organisation.
4. ATTRACT & PLACE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS
This will also require you get the wrong people ‘off the bus’.
As a result, you will assist your top (and average) performers to do what they do best every day! This will help productivity to escalate.
Also, you can help some team members realise that the work bus left the station years ago and they did not get on it. In other words, you will help your poorest performers realise that their skills and abilities have not kept pace with the changing needs of your work marketplace. Nice people? “Yes.” Perhaps more productive in a different work environment? “Yes.” Enough said.
5. MANAGE THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW PROCESS EVERY DAY
You can share feedback so that team members have a clear gauge as to the quality of their work performance.
In addition, you can catalog and document your feedback in an organised fashion. You may use an electronic feedback capture system, or you may use old-fashioned paper that is placed in a file folder.
No matter the system, you will be organised in cataloging your feedback. Your efforts will pay off in a big way because performance evaluations at the end of 2014 will simply be an affirmation of the great coaching you have delivered during the year. In other words, no one will be surprised by their review results.
6. FOCUS ON SELF-DEVELOPMENT
You can grow your leadership skills.
In addition, you can seek to elevate your level of physical fitness and mental toughness. Who knows, you might actually get adequate sleep, eat right, and grow your spiritual self along the way. In other words, raise your personal bar this year more than any year prior. Raise it high. And do it with less effort than you think by enabling a trident that includes self-discipline and a coach.
7. HAVE MORE FUN & LAUGH MORE THIS YEAR
Ensure that you and your team better enjoy the rocket-ride that most people call work.
Seek and plan to enjoy more fun with your team this year. Plus, try to laugh every day.
Research shows us that the average four-year-old laughs 300 times a day, while the average 40-year-old laughs merely four. Granted, not many four-year-olds are paying a mortgage, a car payment, and who knows what else, but they are a happy lot. Plus, research also shows us that laughter reduces stress, increases endorphins, and even helps blood flow more freely.
Despite all of our responsibilities, there is a lot of room to enjoy and laugh more, so this year seek and plan to enjoy and laugh more than you have in the last 10 years combined. Please do this!
BOTTOM LINE
This year you and your team can soar. But, only if you choose to lead in a manner that enables everyone to fly.
Highlight your favorite advice from the above list and track your progress throughout the year. If you consistently succeed at all seven points above we guarantee that you and your team will have a great year.
All the best with your leadership!
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tyleragent January 24, 2014 at 12:30 PM