For a company to function well, managers need skill in leadership, motivation and assessing employees' abilities.
Here are three tips for leaders from Jiménez, a coach at BetterUp (which trains employees for startups and large organizations such as Facebook, Salesforce, and LinkedIn…
Set clear goals
Most managers were once employees with strong professional skills. For this reason, they tend to want to do everything themselves rather than share the pressure with others. “That is the fastest way for them to become overloaded. It benefits neither the employees nor their superiors,” Jiménez said.
She believes leaders should focus on managing well, while work should be broken into smaller tasks and assigned to those who will execute it.
When setting goals for employees, leaders must balance two factors: clarity and suitability to employees' abilities and strengths, while trusting their capabilities and motivating them to contribute.
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Leaders Need to Give Employees Specific Work Objectives. Photo: Internet. |
A Corporate Culture That Makes Employees Feel Useful
Managers succeed by creating a work environment where employees can contribute to project development. According to Jiménez, the environment should be comfortable rather than overly stern and authoritarian. Managers also need to inspire trust and make employees feel heard.
To do this, leaders need to talk regularly with employees, listen to every opinion and show interest in new initiatives… These actions help strengthen the connection between managers and employees and build corporate culture.
When employees fail
Less experienced managers often judge employees as either right or wrong. According to Jiménez, this rigidity can lead to many failures.
Therefore, managers must step outside their preconceptions and see things anew to assess each team member's abilities objectively. “The key is to train ourselves to solve problems reflexively without subjective opinions,” Jiménez believes.
In particular, conclusions such as ‘I should have assigned this to someone else’ or ‘I knew she would say that’ should be set aside until everything is clear.
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