Teamwork is an essential condition for successful business. But no less important are the personal leadership qualities of a leader. Only when you manage to combine these two components together, you can count on an excellent result.
Shake the system
It is known that the older the company, the more likely it is that corporate rules turn into rituals. That is, if earlier some controls were relevant and useful, today they can slow down the work. For example, reduce the speed of decision-making or create uncomfortable conditions for employees. However, everyone is used to them and is considered an established norm.
Even if you are a grassroots leader, you can challenge an established system and shake the swamp. But we must act not from the floundering bay, shooting at the sparrows from the cannon. Start with small but eye-catching innovations. For example, allow your department to hire pets. Try to ensure that the changes do not contradict the policy of the company, but supplement it with new modern elements.
Personal life should not be opposed to public
Remember that for an ordinary employee, personal life and work are equally important, especially if you like it. It is proved that a person experiencing satisfaction from his social activities and at the same time having an established personal life, demonstrates higher labor productivity. Therefore, one should not put before the employee a choice: either work or family.
More flexibility
Often in conservative companies, workers are placed in a tight framework, limited by their responsibilities. However, leading companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, on the contrary, are trying to provide employees with an informal atmosphere. This allows you to relax, be creative. As a result, new non-standard ideas appear that ultimately bring a competitive advantage.
Take a hit on yourself
If you are proposing any innovations to the high leadership, then according to the logic of things, offer your team as an experimental site. Try different work options and see which one brings real results. For example, if an employee spends 6 hours a day on a project instead of 8, but at the same time works more efficiently, why not make the schedule “rolling” for him? He can devote his free time to his family, which will make him happier and more rested, which means he will be more able-bodied.
Build Communications
As a leader, it’s not worth it to boil in your own juice. Communicate with other leaders of your company, spy on their actions, learn from useful experience.
Soak up ideas
At your company, the light did not converge. Surely there are more successful competitors. It is not at all shameful to monitor what decisions are made by other leaders and how they affect their work.
Do not be afraid of your decisions
Since the high authorities have appointed you to a leading position, it means that they see in you the qualities necessary for this. Do not copy other leaders, be yourself.
Become not a boss, but a mentor
If employees see in you not a strict boss, but a wise mentor, they will become more willing to communicate with you. But at the same time - to generate ideas that would be shy to offer to someone else.
As you can see, the rules are very simple. But they really work!