To Have Great Employees, You Need to Be a Great Leader

[Ryan Heatherson]

Hi Every Body,
The cycle of business is always very interesting. Usually, when you start a business, the excitement wears off when you find that you're on a see-saw. You know how it goes: you chase the work then do the work, chase the work then do the work...

So you hire your first employee to offload some work and focus on building your business. As your business grows, you hire more people and all your dreams come true, right? Then why do you have that empty feeling? Perhaps it's because your see-saw life has turned into a merry-go-round. You find yourself chasing after your employees and fixing their mistakes. In fact, you think about going back to the days when it was just you.

Rather than firing everyone, you need to do one thing: look in the mirror. You see, you only get the people that you deserve. Sound harsh? Maybe it is, but it's true. It's so easy to blame your problems on other people, especially if they work for you. The fact is, you're the one who hired them, trained them and now lead them. If your employees are not doing what they are supposed to, you need to start thinking about becoming a better boss.

Of course, some people can be deceptive during the hiring process. A few will tell bold-faced lies to get the job. More will bend the truth or hide facts to secure the position. Everyone will try to make you think that they are the best candidate. So yes, you need to have a great recruiting system that helps you find the best people to hire. But let's focus on your current situation - the employees that you have now. Should you sack them all and start over? That can be an expensive and time-consuming proposition. There may be an employee here or there that doesn't belong on the bus. However, I'm guessing that if we look at what's going on, we'll find opportunities for improvement - on your side.

First of all, what kind of training system do you have for your employees? I'm not just talking about "on-the-job" training, a.k.a. "try to figure out what I'm doing and why". I'm talking about a real training system that educates your employees and keeps them learning all of the time.

Is your business completely systemized so that there is no question about what each position is responsible for? Do you have all of the rules plainly defined and available for everyone to reference? Do you meet with your employees regularly to discuss issues and plans? Do you sit down with each employee on a regular basis to discuss their individual efforts and issues?

Unless you provide the right environment, you just set your staff up for failure. Create success for yourself and your people be working on yourself more than you do on your job.

Best Regards......

[cmsgp]

nice one

[olivia751]

Hello Ryan,

Greta post you share here. thanks for this. Yes, you are right for running an organization in a good manner you need a good leader. The team leader have a quality of managing the things and a good knowledge of deal with the people. Who can guide their team members and motivate them towards their work.



Regards,
Olivia

[David Morson]

Effective leadership is the key to success in an organization.

[cheapriver]

Couldn't agree more. You need leaders instead of managers

[Scar Tissue]

Read some interesting studies about how important EQ of a successful leaders.

Most leaders believe IQ has the most impact on whether you have success in their leadership.
However, when it is come to something that can really help to improve the quality of leadership style, nothing more important than Emotional Intelligence!

To excelleadership mentoring and coaching performance,first thing to do is strengthen and cultivate your emotional intelligence as much as you possibly can.

[paulson]

yeah agreed, good points. Here is a quote ' manager accepts the status quo and the leader challenges it' Great Leaders challenge the way things are normally done, inject passion and energy into their team members.

[barbaragabogrecan]

I think it's very difficult to lead today when people are not really truly participating in the decision. You won't be able to attract and retain great people if they don't feel like they are part of the authorship of the strategy and the authorship of the really critical issues. If you don't give people an opportunity to really be engaged, they won't stay.
You must have passion. Your employees want passion; in fact, they'll go to the ends of earth because of it, live and die for it. Think of the sailors who traveled with Christopher Columbus or Leif Ericsson to explore uncharted territory. Their leaders' passion inspired them to take on new and very dangerous challenges.
You must learn to be a great decision maker- Some leaders have a set process, and others fly by the seat of their pants. But you don't want to be one of those leaders who consults no one before making a decision, announces the change the next day and then gets frustrated when no one follows it. If you're one of those, I urge you to implement a set process.

[guidemesingapore]

Completely agree with the post. Also to be a great leader, you need to lead by example. Don't expect employees to follow something which you don't do yourself.

[genevie]

Hi,,
that was great to be,,,,because as leader you will be the ruler and the model for your employee....

[satcomservice]

Good post. Thanks for sharing. You are absolutely right. Effective leadership lead to success!!!!!!!

[Ella Pacey]

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