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| Ten Top People Skills You Need to Build a Dynamic Business
What does it take to make businesses perform extremely well?
Such that they do above and beyond expectations. It's when your
people work together in incredible ways, to create far more than
you might expect. It's where they are in a special place when
they work together. And to get there, they have to be in a
culture that is very special - and you can create it in your
business too!
Here are ten key points that will make a
big, big difference:-
Build Great
Relationships
Take the time to engage with your people.
Enjoy conversations with them. Listen more than you speak.
Be Generous
This is not a money thing. Generous
with your time, your courtesy, your behaviours. Be a kind boss
and be humble.
Encourage People
Encouragement
creates tremendous energy. Think about when you were encouraged
- what was it that happened to you - replicate it a hundred
times in the next week.
Make it Safe
Let
people fail gracefully - and not about catching them out. Be the
net they fall into and help them experience and learn
from their mistakes safely.
Trust and
Honesty
These have to be a given for your people to give
of their best for you. Setting the standards will encourage this
as a baseline in your business.
Enable
Risk
Sure, gamble a bit on opportunities and let your
people do so too. Risk is where the great inventions have
happened in history - let it happen now.
Give a
Hand
Your people will value it when you get your hands
dirty too. Take part in the 'business' when it needs you and be
a part of the team sometimes.
Provide a
Map
Help your people help you and your business, by
having a game plan for the future for the business and the
people who work there. Be open with them - share your hopes,
fears, worries and elation.
Have Clarity
Be
very clear about what is expected of your people. Spell it out,
go back, recheck and do it again. the onus is on you to get this
right - not them.
Laugh!
The best creator of
teams and the spirit they need, yet so often lack. Have fun,
encourage laughing and get in there yourself - it will make the
most enormous difference for you! With these conditions in
place, you will then be able to leverage all the natural
exuberance of your people - and get more, much more from them
than you ever bargained for.
About the author:
© 2005 Martin Haworth is a Business and Management Coach. He
works worldwide, mainly by phone, with small business owners,
managers and corporate leaders. He has hundreds of hints, tips
and ideas at his website, www.coachin
g-businesses-to-success.com. (Note to editors. Feel free
to use this article, wherever you think it might be of value -
with a live link if you can).
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