Building And Motivating The Team Part-3

Patience

Developing an organization requires a lot of patience in the leader. People are different. They learn differently, at different pace. They behave differently. If we wish to bring them all together and get them working together, we must be patient. Remember, a small rowing boat with a single rower can start faster, but can’t go a very long distance. On the other hand, a rowing boat with 100 rowers takes time to gather momentum, but once it does, it can go a much longer distance. Big organizations are not always agile, they react slowly. But they can do much bigger things, which small ones can’t imagine. That is how big organizations are. We must remain patient while the elephant moves.

Positive Communication

Build robust communication culture within the company. Develop a culture of regular, free, healthy, positive and transparent communication across the organization. On your part as the leader of the company, make a habit of always communicating in a clear, positive way.

As a leader, you should be always available to your organization for receiving communication. Your employees should not be afraid to communicate to you. If you are approachable, your people at all levels will feel safe working in your company. You may also get a lot of valuable inputs, ideas, feedback and suggestion from them.

Our positive, encouraging words can motivate and inspire our people. Our negative, insulting words can discourage people. We need to use our communication responsibly. We must make sure that our communication builds our organization, and does not break it. We must make our people feel better and bigger after their communication with us.

Please remember while communicating with your employees that you do not violate any norms or breach any organization structure guidelines. We should not give any direct instruction to anybody bypassing their manager. While giving instructions, always follow the route of proper channel.

Also, 50% communication is listening. As a leader, we must listen to our people actively. It helps us know our people better. It may give us a lot of insight into our organization and sometimes some idea or solution, too. So, we must communicate positively, and spend a half of our communication time listening, really “listening”.

 

Walking the Talk, Keeping Your Word, Building Trust

As a leader, you must practice what you preach. If your employees observe that you do what you say, their trust in you will increase. On the contrary, if your words and actions don’t match, you won’t win the trust of your people. Your authenticity as a leader will always remain questionable. The employees do as the leader does. So, if you wish that your employees keep their word, you must keep your word. Walk the talk.

Being a Role Model, Setting the Right Example

As a leader, the example that you establish in your character, attitude, personality, and work habits and especially the way you treat other people, sets the standards for your organization. Your people follow your example. If the general conducts himself well, soldiers will be inspired to do the same.

Your company is always a mirror image of yourself. Be a role model for your employees. Let them learn good things from their leader.

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