Praise is positive feedback, a genuine positive statement that is given sincerely and is a true statement. Successful leaders celebrate the simple and small things and from that their team follows through on big accomplishments. Unfortunately it is not done enough in most cases. Have you ever come home and said man! they just give me too much praise at work! Or have you ever heard someone over lunch or out with friends and hear those words? No I didn't think so.
We are usually conditioned to look for the problem and issues and yes we have to do that as part of process control and so forth. However those are management issues and giving praise is a leadership behavior and action.
Ask yourself how many times this week did you catch someone doing something right...and let them know you noticed. Also how can you and your team become even better at giving praise and spreading that habit of giving well deserved praise through out the organization. Imagine the implications this can make on your team and your workplace for that mater.
About Me
- Inspired Leadership
- Irvine , CA
- I am skilled in strategic planning, organizational development and change management. I have lead teams in mid sized to large mixed use resorts and hotels. I implemented and maintained a successful strategy that has improved associate satisfaction and retention each year, established a relevant Leadership Development Program as well as an Associate Recognition Program; you will find that I am deeply engaged in associate relation issues; assist managers with team conflicts, progressive discipline, job eliminations and potential harassment issues. I am currently working for a hotel company that is growing by leaps and bounds going from around 20 hotels to over 50 hotels in a years time. I am SPHR certified, a certified personal trainer as well as a certified professional coach helping people reach their potential in their business and or their personal worlds by harnessing their own leadership abilities and applying them to their daily activities with personal power and purpose. My specialties are coaching, recruiting, project management and I am a master trainer in service culture, branding, leadership development, behavioral interviewing and presentation skills.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Make it happen!
I am always telling my team to "make it happen". Now I have found a video to go with it. This was pretty cool so I thought I would share.
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cITNveY-kig
Make it happen!
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cITNveY-kig
Make it happen!
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Are you the most effective leader you can be?
In order to be an effective leader there is a long list of soft core skills such as, approachable, caring, cooperative, influential and hard core skills such as the ability to move things forward, business acumen and focusing on what matters. Additionally there are people skills to consider as well. A few examples of people skills is a leader who asks for help, asks for others opinions and asks insightful and important questions. Now by no means is this a complete list and in fact we could spend a significant amount of time adding to each category.
Where I am going with this is that almost all of the soft cores, hard core and people skills can be learned. Certainly for some leaders it may take a fair amount of practice to perfect. Even then once you have honed your skills to the best of your ability, to be an exemplary leader with a distinct advantage over other leaders in and outside of your industry, you must have the ability to take your strengths and combine them with the strengths of your team.
So here is my challenge to you. Make a list of your team members and mark a star besides those who are contributing the most. Then write out beside each person's name what they are best at doing. Now ask your self are you getting the most out of each person's strengths and how can you better emphasize each person's strengths. Lastly ask yourself how will you know if you have made improvements in emphasizing your teams strengths and write it down. This is something you should come back every 90 to 100 days and take an assessment and see if you have moved the needle in the right direction.
Where I am going with this is that almost all of the soft cores, hard core and people skills can be learned. Certainly for some leaders it may take a fair amount of practice to perfect. Even then once you have honed your skills to the best of your ability, to be an exemplary leader with a distinct advantage over other leaders in and outside of your industry, you must have the ability to take your strengths and combine them with the strengths of your team.
So here is my challenge to you. Make a list of your team members and mark a star besides those who are contributing the most. Then write out beside each person's name what they are best at doing. Now ask your self are you getting the most out of each person's strengths and how can you better emphasize each person's strengths. Lastly ask yourself how will you know if you have made improvements in emphasizing your teams strengths and write it down. This is something you should come back every 90 to 100 days and take an assessment and see if you have moved the needle in the right direction.
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