Organizations cannot grow leaders. It is nature or God that grows leaders. All that organizations do is to provide some of the necessary conditions for growth, and chief among them is the opportunity to lead.
The minute you think that no-one has any great ideas or believe that you have to be the hero is when you are blind to your own negative reinforcement of people.
If the goals are too small people feel micromanaged. If the goals are too large people are lost and unsure what to do, macromanaged.
Properly delegated Contextual Goals are Goldilocks Goals…They cannot be too big or too small. They are just right, and matched to the person.
As a manager, developing staff is your job. It cannot be delegated off to Human Resources, Organization Development or someone else. You are the manager. Your primary accountability is to add value to the team and staff.
This advanced program will assist Managerial-Leaders in developing the skills needed to successfully master the management of organizational complexity.
If a team seems un-movable, don’t just push harder and scream about how obstinate they are being…resistance is futile. Use the inevitability of change to slightly shift their shared perception from stuck to change.
These 6 questions can be cascaded through the organization. Creating a shared language that is known and expected from everyone in the department.
Managers you need to STOP your false-belief that you should not thank people for doing their work. Thanking people goes a long way, and showing your appreciation is what you must do, if people are too continue to do their best work.
You follow advice from someone or are convinced that X is useful, and Y did X so therefore it will work for me.
That makes sense. Until you do it and it does nothing.
The next time you find your staff and work team not doing what they are supposed to do. Ask yourself and your team Do you know what you are supposed to do? If the answer is no, tell them and you will be amazed at the results and at your talent as a manager and team-leader.