Team Building and Effective Communication
Unconventional Training
Leadership Training Seminars Help You Lead More Effectively and Enjoy Your Workplace
Imagine being a leader who helps people feel energized, motivated and productive. What could you achieve if your workplace ran like that?
My approach to leadership training seminars is to help people inspire rather than perspire. Inspirational leadership is about helping yourself, your employees and your organization succeed.
Unconventional leadership training seminars can help you focus on your workplace in new ways and create amazing opportunities for growth; if you’re open to trying some new approaches.
Take delegating for example. Many leaders say they understand delegating is a key
skill but how many actually practice it proficiently? Delegating is the ability
to let people do their jobs without getting in their way. This is a challenging
concept for leaders and managers who are used to dominating the workplace, giving
orders and being the focus of attention. It requires a shift to move from telling
people what to do to encouraging them to think and act independently. Many well-
Becoming an expert at delegating begins with understanding your personal leadership behaviors so you can practice new skills to become an even better leader. Here are two major types of leaders, see if it sounds familiar.
The Passive Leader
They avoid conflict, don’’t communicate openly or clearly with employees or colleagues, don’t interact with others much, spend time alone, let employees do whatever they want and attempt to ignore explosive situations. On the positive end of the spectrum, they can be conscientious listeners and reflect before they act.
The Controlling Leader
On the opposite end of the chart are controlling leaders, the ones who have to dominate everything. They always let you know where they stand, give orders gleefully, scrutinize your every move, micromanage your work and remind you know who’s in charge. They can be decisive leaders and communicate easily.
The important question is which kind of leader are you? There’s nothing wrong with either style but each generates predictable results. The passive leader tends to create a workplace that lacks focus and guidance because there isn’t someone present to tell people what the guidelines are. The controlling leader promotes an environment of structure and order but may not give people the independence to use their talents and ideas or do their work without interference.
What many proactive leaders have found is that there is a happy balance point where you can keep your organization running well and encourage employees to succeed, which leads us to:
The Actively Delegating Leader
The actively delegating leader values helping her people grow. She invests the time to identify, understand and apply the skills that each of her employees brings to the organization. She assigns tasks based on people’s interests and then trusts them to work on their own. She doesn’t have an overwhelming need to control everyone or do their work for them. She knows when her employees need help and when they are OK because they actually talk with her. Leaders like this are easier to work with because employees feel important and competent.
Delegating is a great way to get more done with less effort and create a more enjoyable workplace. Think about your own leadership style. Do you delegate well and what might you shift just a little to get better results?
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