Why Great Managers Always Need a New Pair of Shoes!

Are you wondering why managers always need a new pair of shoes? Well, let’s start with a question.

When’s the last time your managers have walked around the floor and had a meaningful conversation with each member of their team? If they're like most managers, it's probably been quite some time. Unfortunately, you can't build the right culture by sitting in an office.

You know, culture is a term that’s used broadly. But culture does not rival Baskin-Robbins for flavors. In my opinion, there are only two varieties:

1.    "Rocky Road” – you don’t care and do the wrong thing.

2.    "Icing on the Cake” – you care and do the right thing. 

Is building the right culture important? You bet it is! I believe it is the foundation for high-performance team building. Peter Drucker, the father of management, thought so too. He once said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” I say, “Culture may eat strategy for breakfast. However, if you want culture to grow to monumental proportions, and positively permeate every corner of the company, your managers must consistently feed it the breakfast of champions – CARING!”

You see, caring is reciprocal. If your managers demonstrate, in no uncertain terms, that they care more about the success and well-being of their people than they do about their own, employees will do anything and everything to help them succeed. When you have that type of culture, and professional relationship with employees, they’ll walk up a hill, in a blizzard, without a coat, for 5 miles to help their manager get it done. Now, that’s what I call caring and motivation!

There’s only one way to build a culture of caring. Your managers must wear out their shoes, not the chairs in their offices! They must get out off the office and visit the frontline, daily. If your teams are working remotely, then they need to get on the phone and wear out their ears.

Very few managers do this. And they are causing leaders a boatload of stress and costing them truckloads of money! According to an SHRM study, 84% of American workers blame bad managers for creating unnecessary stress. In a study conducted by Development Dimensions International, a global leadership consulting firm, 57% of employees quit because of bad managers and for an additional 32% resignation was a consideration. A Gallup study found that managers account for at least 70% of variance in employee engagement scores.

As I said before, and I’ll say it again, “There’s a lot riding on your managers!”

When managers are trained to build a culture of caring, deliver positive feedback, and effectively coach employees, the results are truly extraordinary. 

What would life be like if you had relatively little to no stress and productivity and performance suddenly jumped 25-30 percent? And that’s only the beginning.

Have one of your managers put this strategy into play and watch what happens!

To learn more, click on the link and download a Free copy of my “Leader’s Guide to 21st Century Team Building Secrets!”

Talk to you soon.

Regards, 

David Roppo

Coach & Consultant

[email protected]

724-203-4575

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