Empowering Leadership: How to Boost Team Growth and Success

 

Are you helping your team members grow and succeed, or are you getting in their way?

We (leaders) have demanding schedules, execute a variety of roles daily, and frequently spend too much time working in the business instead of on the business.

As leaders we need to step back from the tactical work and spend more time on strategic thinking and innovation, and on coaching and developing others. A part of developing others includes delegating responsibilities, but many of us resist doing that.

 

Why do we resist? We may feel that the job will not get done to our satisfaction, that we’re uncomfortable assigning a task that may be viewed as boring, or we may feel we’re adding to an already heavy workload. These are issues we can work through.

Greg Alexander shared that a good place to start is:

• allow high-potential employees to take on more ownership
• figure out who your rock-solid, high-potential employees are
• start delegating responsibilities for permanent ownership transfer
• support your efforts with measurable results
• have a succession plan
• empower your employees

He also recommends writing down everything you do and identifying revenue-producing items versus non-revenue producing tasks. Anything that doesn’t produce revenue is a good starting point for an item to be delegated (but as your delegation comfort level grows, the assignments can increase in responsibilities with career growth opportunities).

It’s also vital to:

1.    Assess the strengths of your delegate and match assignments accordingly

2.    Provide clear, documented instructions and due dates

3.    Provide the “what and when” and leave the “how” to the individual which is more empowering and motivating

4.    Ensure your delegate has the appropriate resources they need to be successful

5.    Inform staff, co-workers, business partners, etc of the delegated role

6.    Follow-up and monitor the progress, acknowledge the contributions of your delegate, and provide constructive feedback for areas of growth

Don’t be the leader that gets in the way, rather provide enrichment opportunities that allow your employees to grow and succeed in their career.

Sincerely,

Mike and Jan

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

—John Maxwell

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