I would like to share some thoughts on leadership and team management which I have found useful in my professional life. "The 10 Golden Rules of Leadership" if you may. Please share your feedback and any other rules/tips that you have personally found useful.
- Vision - Share your vision with your team and onboard them onto it, encourage them to contribute and collectively establish shared goals
- Culture - Promote a culture of diverse perspectives, fostering open discussions that help identify blind spots and drive the development of a robust strategy and execution plan
- Execution - Foster creativity during ideation but ensure deliberateness in execution. Empower your team to take ownership of their tasks and decisions by providing support and guidance. Only in exceptional circumstances exercise a directive approach.
- Feedback - Be kind but emphatic in your feedback, focusing on behaviors and incidents. Engage in open dialogue, encouraging the individual to reflect on what they would have done differently and emphasizing the importance of practicing new approaches. Do not dilute the importance of formal feedback mechanisms.
- Celebration - Shine the spotlight and celebrate wins - nothing motivates people more than recognition, especially among their peers. Celebrating wins emphasizes the importance of winning consistently and continuously.
- Reflection - Don’t shoot the messenger, instead analyze the message. While we celebrate good news, treat bad news as a learning opportunity. Dedicate time to examine what could have been improved and strive to turn it into good news in the future.
- Communication - Be polite but decisive in your communication and actions, ambiguity breeds skepticism and distrust
- Ownership - Take ownership of your team’s failures more than their successes. They will love you for it and would go the extra mile in pursuit of your shared goals.
- Trust - Trust your team implicitly and always give someone a second chance to learn and correct. Trust builds confidence which drives performance.
- Vulnerable Leadership - Be open, authentic, and transparent about your own perspectives and emotions. Create a safe environment where team members feel comfortable expressing their own vulnerabilities, taking risks, and learning from failures. This fosters stronger connections, innovation and growth.(I previously published this as a post in mid 2023 - converting it to an article for easy access) #leadership #personalviews
Energy & Utility Industry Principal at HCL Technologies
9 个月Thanks for sharing your experience through this insightful blog...it reminds me of one phase , which goes like this ....The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things....is the one, who gets the people to do the greatest things.”
Head-South/DGM, Business Standard | Passionate Growth Enabler | Sales Professional |Driving Revenue Growth & Innovation I Print & Digital Sales | Events I Goal setter & Achiever I
9 个月Thanks Mr Srijit Menon for sharing this insights. I always believe what you have emphasised, "Celebrating wins emphasizes the importance of winning consistently and continuously. ".
CleanTech | Sustainability | Digital Transformation
9 个月Insightful !!
Strategic Marketing & Customer Growth || Author "TALEs on SALEs"
9 个月A very insight full article. Thank you Srijit. I believe creating an employee centric Culture is the very crucial rule of Leadership. Because apart from other business objectives creating a healthy employee centric & gender fluid culture has a great impact on potential employees retention & good brand name. So I feel every leadership need to create a healthy org culture where every team members are valued & respected. When leadership exemplifies these principles this culture flows through the org and practiced by all. Investing in a positive culture isn't just a choice; it's a strategic imperative that fuels success and sustains growth in today's dynamic business landscape.
Product Marketing | B2B | Driving Business Growth
9 个月Love these! Great read