Simon Sinek, the author of Leaders Eat Last, offered a number of suggestions for leading a group in Real Simple magazine (May 2014; realsimple.com) including these...
What is the most common mistake that leaders make? Thinking that they should have all the answers. No one knows everything, and good leaders are comfortable with that. They're grateful to be surrounded by people who can help them hash things out. When something they organized... doesn't go perfectly, they aren't afraid to discuss with the group how to adapt it for the future.
How do you gain the trust of team members? Give them lots of independence, but check in on each person periodically. In other words, let people succeed and let them fail while providing training and guidance. When a new project needs to be launched, put someone in charge of it. If the project succeeds, let that person know what a great job he did. If the project fails, instead of getting mad, say, "OK, let's figure out how to rectify it."
Does Your Team Work? provides exciting ideas from eight different authors on assessing team performance, fostering staff unity, implementing a peer coaching program, managing meetings, and the art of building a team that truly works together.
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Gaborone, Southern East, Botswana
Hi,
Thank you for this simple and exciting issue. My worries have been answered. I used to hear people's opinions on how they view their leaders and I was worried that as I am a free spirited and situational person I am viewed to be lacking leadership skills by my colleagues. I like sharing issues and making my colleagues to also own issues in our department. However, I take responsibilities of owning up as the leader for reporting purposes.
I will have to read the full article to learn more.
Thank you
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