Core competency!

Make full use of your core competence and inner strength.

Diversification, no doubt, is a business strategy worth considering by any organization. But, diversification into unknown area at the cost of ignoring the area of core competence will only prove disastrous.

Make best use of your core competence, if your want smooth sailing. Every individual is having his/her core competency; its manager’s responsibility to utilize his/her team members accordingly rather than expecting everything from everybody.

Often, in our quest for more, we believe we need to abandon our current position and go out looking for success. We fail to recognize the diamonds lying right under our feet.

People who feel good about themselves produce good results.

Training-An Investment!

"The Best Minute I spend Is The One I Invest In My People"

It is the one the most important team building activity. Help the team member to enhance their productivity of given task.

In an organization all individuals have some inborn qualities and talents which can be enhanced and sharpened by imparting training and development required to effectively perform a job.

An effective training program can change the attitude of person towards his/her working style. Training does not mean a classroom sessions only; it can be part of coaching by a team lead/manager to his/her team member to train them in a specific task. 

It is the responsibility of a manager/leader to train his/her team member before assigning new responsibilities; otherwise we should not expect any quality output in initial days. Team members will take good amount of time in learning optimum ways of doing the given tasks.

Steps in Team Member Training Programme

Training programme involves the following steps:

1. Identifying the training needs- The training needs of each employee should be identified. Programmes should be developed that are best suited to their needs.
2. Prepare the trainer- The trainer must do his home work well. He should know both what to teach and how to teach. Time management is required by the trainer. Training should be delivered in such a manner that the trainee should not loose the interest in the job.
3. Prepare the trainee- The trainee should remain active during training. He should know that why is he being trained. He should put across the trainer questions and doubts. The trainee should be put at ease during the training programme.
4. Explain and demonstrate the operations- The trainer should explain the logical sequence of the job. The trainee should perform the job systematically and explain the complete job he is performing. His mistakes should be rectified and the complex step should be done for him once. When the trainee demonstrates that he can do the job in right manner, he is left to himself. Through repetitive practices, the trainee acquires more skill.
5. Follow up and feedback- The trainee should be given feedback on how well he performed the job. He should be asked to give a feedback on the effectiveness of training programme.

Honesty?

Honesty is still the best policy.

It is not just the philosophical term, it is mandatory now days where we are having throat cut competition in market. Individual organization is struggling to stay in market.  Honesty in serving end-customer is an assurance of the sustainability of business in long term.

Honesty in business is a long-term investment. Even if it does not pay you immediately, your organization will benefit in the long run.

An ideal manager will not be dishonest in any way, if a manner tells his boss that everything is going on well when there are innumerable problems, he is being dishonest to his boss; if a manager closes his eyes to an advertisement about his company’s product which makes tall and false claims he is dishonest to his customers. Remember, dishonesty, in any form, will only bring discredit.

Leading by Example!

Set good examples for your subordinates to emulate.

Leadership is not just about what you do but what you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do.

Actions speak louder than words. If you are sincere, hard-working and loyal to your organization, you need not send instructions and memos to your subordinates to be so. Your actions will convey a very strong message to your subordinates.

If you instruct your subordinates to do something that you yourself never do, your subordinates will not pay any heed to your instructions.

Leader’s attitude and behaviour reflect in his/her team members.

Teamwork!

Teamwork leads to success. First of all a manager/leader must have firm conviction that teamwork will make wonders.

The toughest jobs can be completed with great ease if each individual in a team works to the best of one’s capability in coordination with the other team members. The focus should be on the progress of the whole team and not just individual growth.

Help people reach their full potential. Catch them doing something right, and encourage them for their efforts. The more consistently successful your people are, the higher you rise in the organization.

People who feel good about themselves produce GOOD RESULTS. So appreciate your team member's efforts to get GOOD RESULTS. 

Empower them with confidence and trust. 

A leader should nurture the skills of his/her team member to their full potential, which not only help in getting the quality result but also help team members to step-up the career growth path.

Impulsive Decisions

An impulsive decision in implementing any business plan without an in-depth study of the environment will lead to disaster only. No one should make a business plan on excel sheet only, manager should collect the required data from field by getting actual market requirement/condition to start new venture.  Actual data help manager to study the external/internal environment to identify any threats before venturing into a new business. 

We need to learn from failures of others!

Delegation!

Delegate to the right person. Effective delegation presupposes effective communication.

Delegating a task or function does not absolve you from responsibility for the outcome. You don't give your responsibility away, but you do have to share your power to enable the delegatee to operate effectively. You must exercise sound judgement as to what each person can achieve and how much training, preparation and supervision are needed in each delegation.