Leadership Basics : Why You Should Accept and Respect Your Team Members?
There's absolutely no denying the fact that business has not been easy due to the pandemic. Many firms have shut down, innumerable jobs have been lost and, lives have been sacrificed.
Amidst all of these, top management officials of some companies have showcased their increasing concerns about virtualization of work. True - it's going to affect the personal connect.
While this isn't true for all, at times, I wonder how a handful of people in some corporates who used to find hundred logical reasons for not allowing employees to wfh and believed there shouldn't be a wfh policy at all, are now efficiently dealing with the situation left with no other choice!
While I agree that physical presence makes us know each other better definitely than in the virtual world -- here are few things you should really be ensuring before prophesizing and imposing your wfh rules:
1. If you do it at all, then how many times do you connect with your team, with your employees to do a pulse check other than typical micromanagement asking for project updates??
People aren't binary - Not zeros or ones, worthwhile or worthless.
2. How many times do you appreciate someone for something they are really good at? other than project deliverable and client success stories that are mapped to your goal sheet account.
Everyone is better than you at something - So there's no reason to feel you're superior based on only seniority or designation..
3. How often do you connect with people to know about their likes, dislikes and daily or weekly temperaments? Other than those stereotypical one-on-ones where you take the judge's seat to either call out achievements or put the blame.
People are more similar than different - At a basic level, everyone would want to do something meaningful and enjoy life.. Just the definitions would vary.
4. To be a good manager, boss, leader, "a person" - you need to have a good pair of ears to listen to what others might be dealing with - hear them out.
Not everyone might have similar priorities like you - someone might be dealing with a family disturbance, someone might be going through personal problems in life, someone might not be open enough to voice their concerns.. How many times do you ever care to listen??
Before announcing and setting your far-sighted strategic policies about wfh, it's easier to take baby steps to ensure that when your employees and team members are in office, you learn how to accept them and respect them!!
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