Leadership & Goal Strategies With Rich Nicholls

The work environment is full with managers and bosses, but it needs more leaders! Simply put, leaders inspire people so they want to do what they otherwise would have not even thought of.

Leaders create a great environment for others. If you are shouting and screaming at work, you are not leading, please, don’t fool yourself. You are managing. Managers handle situations; leaders give vision to change situations.

In authoritative situations, leaders let people know what is expected of them. If you are a natural leader in a group of friends, obviously it is not wise to tell them what you expect of them, you are friends! If you are in a leadership position for work then it is vital that your employees know what you expect. It could be helpful to go through goal setting with them. Let them take ownership of what you expect them to do. If they are involved in the decision making process, especially involving their career, then there is a good change their work ethics would improve!

As a leader, make sure you talk to your employees with the same amount of respect as you use to talk to your boss. Obviously you are not able to tell your boss what to do. But you can still treat them all with the same level of respect. Watch their attitudes change when you do this, watch their work improve as they begin to feel more valued!

When a job is well done, provide affirmation for the person/people involved. Sure, it is what they are paid to do, but when it is a job well done, often when a job is well done, people went above what is expected.

Don’t take your problems to your employees. If you are having problems whether they are personal or work related, only take your problems up the chain of command. If you think there is nothing wrong taking problems down the chain of command ask yourself this: “Will speaking to my employees fix my problems?” If your employees are the problem you obviously need to speak to them. If they are not, then you are just whining. When leaders whine the respect people have for them drops down a few notches. You may eventually find yourself managing your employees and not leading them simply due to the lack of respect they now have.

Taking your problems up the chain of command allows for your employees to see that you are an action taker. This is extremely beneficial when an employee brings a problem to you (because you are the next person up from them in their chain of command) and you get results. Word will spread that the change is due to your taking action.

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