The most important job as a LEADER

The most important job as a leader is to inspire – not manage, your employees’ results.

“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed” What’s the most important job as a CEO of a company? I believe your most important job as a leader is to inspire (not manage), your employees’ results. “Being able to bring out the best in others is a skill that involves just 10% natural inclination; the other 90% has to be deliberate. It can’t be learned by listening to a lecture or reading examples. It needs to be practiced, reinforced, and used day to day.”

Here then, are six of the daily habits of these leaders:

1. THEY FOCUS ON THE PERSON’S STRENGTHS

Good leaders identify the strengths of individual team members and give employees opportunities to use them, They cultivate and optimize others’ talents and capabilities. While some strengths will be obvious, good leaders schedule one-on-one meetings and ask questions such as, “What do you enjoy doing most as part of your work?” and “What do you miss most about the jobs you’ve had in the past and why?”

2. THEY EMPATHISE

Leaders who bring out the best in others listen to what team members are saying and put themselves in their shoes. When dealing with an emotional situation, listening and responding with empathy can immediately reduce tension, and until things calm down, nothing productive can occur.

3. THEY GIVE RECOGNITION

People who bring out the best in others also reward and recognise good work. Leaders often worry that praise will seem unprofessional or that employees will become complacent or overconfident. It’s about making a person feel good about themselves even when they feel challenged or are in tough times.

4. THEY CONNECT THE RIGHT PEOPLE

Multipliers look for talent everywhere and focus on finding people, at whatever level, who know the things they don’t.

5. THEY DON’T MICROMANAGE

Bringing out the best in others means delegating. Good leaders are careful to not micromanage. Their job is to assign or direct general goals in work that needs to be done but they should never do it for the person. As team members earn small wins, their confidence grows and seemingly insurmountable problems appear less daunting.

6. THEY CREATE SAFE ENVIRONMENTS

People who bring out the best in others give people permission to think, speak, and act with reason. They generate an intensity that demands high-level work from the team, but they also have a high tolerance for mistakes and understand the importance of learning along the way,So they create mental spaces in which people can flourish.

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