When you’re a leader — no matter how long you’ve been in your role or how hard the journey was to get there — you are merely overhead unless you’re bringing out the best in your employees.
Dan Cable, author, professor of organizational behavior, London Business School
takeaways of note:
By focusing too much on control and on end goals (and not enough on people) leaders make it more difficult to achieve team goals. The key is to help people feel purposeful, motivated, & energized to bring best selves to the team. Few offered tips:
1) Ask how you can help employees do their jobs better, then listen – respecting ideas & encouraging new approaches to improve work, encourages employees to bring more of themselves to the team.
2) Create low-risk spaces for team to think of new ideas – allowing team to push on the boundaries of what they already know.
3) Be humble – show respect & ask how you can serve team as they improve the organization; the outcomes can be outstanding for the team and for each individual.