4 Powerful Points to Remenber while Leading a Team !!
Ask anyone who has led a group of people, and they
will attest to the fact that leading people is one of the most difficult tasks
you will undertake in your life. Under written key point to help your team
leads further understand how to influence the people under their auspices,
while at the same time create a positive work environment where team members
grow.
1. When dealing with people, your verbal and non-verbal communications must always match. People can tell if their leader
either likes or dislikes them. You are always communicating, even when you are
not saying a single word. Act what you say, and say what you act.
2. In a human production system, the person with
the most knowledge and options within the system, will control the system. If
you are dealing with a person whose only option is to scream at people, vs another person who has the knowledge and skill to diffuse irate employees and
customers with proven strategies, that person will eventually control the
system. Be in control.
3. The more you learn about your team members, and
successfully handle myriad situations, the more likely you will be in control.
While another managers loses it, the other one remains calm and asks the right
questions, which in turn leads to the right solutions. They concentrate on
solutions, thus they solve problems. Get to know your people.
4. Matching is one of the keys to
successful relationship building. When talking and meeting with people, match
or mimic their behaviour or make similar jesters. If they sit back, you sit
back, if they lean forward, you lean forward. When they talk slow, you talk
slow. This is a proven technique which allows you to gain the confidence of
other people. This technique is not designed to be something weird and
unnatural. Be yourself, but pay close attention to the other person's behavior.
Ask anyone who has led a group of people, and they
will attest to the fact that leading people is one of the most difficult task
you will undertake in your life. These 4 key strategies will help your team
leads further understand how to influence the people under their auspices,
while at the same time create a positive work environment where team members
can grow.
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