Understand Your Team to Become a Good Leader

Understand Your Team to Become a Good Leader

Lately, I have been reading a lot of posts on leadership with senior executives either writing or commenting on what makes a leader successful. The common attributes are the following: A good leader Is a good listener Is a good motivator Has an eye for identifying performers and laggards and coach them Rewards appropriately in terms of incentives, promotions, training and learning opportunities and much more…. I agree with all the above but the big question “Do you as a leader really understand your team?” – Which is very important in building a solid relationship because if the relationship is weak all the above mentioned won’t work either. During a recent coaching session with a sales leader, he mentioned that he is struggling with two of his team members and fails to understand why they don’t work/perform as compared to the other two. The work, opportunity at hand, the reward,…

Work Life Balance – 4 Steps to Answer the Big Question

Work Life Balance – 4 Steps to Answer the Big Question

Life has become a race with everybody striving to reach at the top. However, what you lose out are moments with family, friends and most importantly yourself. To add on, so much time has been spent in this routine that you have given up, that someday you will achieve this illusive ‘Work Life Balance’. Let us also look at the situation from the other side. Are there circumstances at home or your personal life which have stopped you from progressing in your career? You want to go back to your job or want to take that promotion and execute more responsibilities but factors in your personal life don’t allow you to. Today a lot of us struggle with the dilemma of achieving equilibrium between work and life. The situation gets even more complicated as relationships start getting affected which further compounds the problem. Before we move towards the solution let…