Take A Bite Tuesday: Chapter 6, Lead From The Back
The exercise from Chapter 6 of 'You 2.0' is:
Take a bite...
As manager, ask yourself these questions: do I support my staff or tell them what to do? Do I deserve or expect respect? Do I trust them to do the job or harass them every step of the way? Be honest with yourself. If you answered in the negative way for any of these, you need to consciously take control of your behaviour and engender change within yourself.
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It took me a long time to learn the lesson that 99% of staff will always work better when they feel two things: 1. Trusted to do the job. 2. Supported when they need it.
That's it- no profound statements to bamboozle the mind, just two simple feelings to create with your staff (or family, or community group etc).