Attention Leaders – Mentor Up!

If your employees are unable to perform their job to the expected level, if they frustrate their colleagues because of the need to redo what someone couldn't do right the first time, and if customers become frustrated and leave because the person serving them just can't do it right, it's your responsibility to remedy the situation.

Employees who are incompetent or not at the skill level that's required are not necessarily lazy or uncaring people. In many cases, they want to do the work and do it well, but they've not been trained, mentored, or coached . If ignored, they may become cynical and indifferent and become a liability as opposed to an asset and valuable employee.

Active and engaged leadership is still absent in too many organizations today. A weekly TEAMS or Zoom meeting is insufficient to lead a team and provide direction. Deeper connection and a positive relationship is required.

Rather than blame your employees for something they're not doing correctly, start by being the leader that provides what they need.

The Result of Effective and Consistent Mentoring, Coaching, and Teaching

Here’s a list of outcomes that are the result of effective and consistent mentoring, coaching and teaching:???

·?Competence

·?Confidence

·?Skill

·?Ability

·?Creativity

·?Problem solving ability

·?Innovation

· Improved customer service experience

·?Repeat business

·?Referrals

·?Employee retention

·?High levels of employee engagement

These are only a few of the things that your company will experience when you take the time to develop the next generation of leaders .

Mentoring, coaching, development, and training are what the best leaders and managers do to ensure their employees develop the skills and the ability to do their job well and to serve and delight their clients.

Don't delegate what you should be doing to someone who can't do it as well as you can – teach them so you can step away and step up!

“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”?— Steven Spielberg

“Show me a successful individual and I’ll show you someone who had real positive influences in his or her life. I don’t care what you do for a living—if you do it well I’m sure there was someone cheering you on or showing the way. A mentor.”?— Denzel Washington

“A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.”?— Bob Proctor

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