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Creating Opportunities For Your Employees to Lead

Creating Opportunities For Your Employees to Lead

If you’re a business leader who’s overwhelmed with the task of handling their growing workload, maybe it’s time to empower your employees to take charge and relieve you of some of your burdens. A good leader knows when it’s time to delegate tasks and enable their employees to perform their tasks effectively and independently. To help guide you, here are some methods you can use to encourage employees to amp up their ambitions in the workplace:

1. Setting an example

The number one way you can inspire your employees is to guide by example. Habits like being on time, being approachable, and holding yourself accountable when it comes to making mistakes will go a long way to inspire your employees to follow in your footsteps. It’s unfair to expect your employees to emulate signs of a bad leader.

2. Pushing them to their limits and guiding their growth

It’s important to realize that there’s never a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to handling leadership. According to an article by Forbes on setting expectations for your employees, it’s best to match tasks to each person’s skill set. You should always have an idea of “how much direction versus how much “rope” you should give them”. New hires tend to require a more watchful eye while highly skilled employees need less supervision. With time and trust, your employees will grow in confidence and their skills will improve.

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3. Recognizing their strengths, giving them responsibilities, and trusting them to make important decisions

When you’re creating a team, it’s best to combine the different strengths of your employees so that they can come up with the most effective output due to their collective effort. In order to improve how they manage their team many leaders are looking to organizational leadership trends. Maryville University emphasizes how organizational leadership harnesses the power of collaboration, regardless of industry and structure, as a way to prepare you to lead your team so they have the confidence to work for themselves. In a group setting, it’s always important to share a load of responsibilities so that tasks can be done quickly and effectively. Gradually, you can start trusting them to make more important decisions as they prove their competence.

4. Praising them for a job well done

By appreciating the hard work and efforts of talented hires, you’re more likely to keep them motivated and committed to your company’s goals in the long run. It’s important to praise them when they perform well so that they’re aware of what to do more of in the future.

5. Guiding them to plan their future

If you have an employee who shows great promise, it’s best to learn about their interests within your company’s scope and assign them particular projects that lead them down this path for promotion, states Inc.com in an article on encouraging the growth of effective leadership.

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By following the advice featured in this guide, your employees will thank you for being invested in their career growth and ability to nurture their leadership skills. For more information regarding distribution channels, partners, affiliates and pricing strategy for your company, check out this previous article by David Fradin on ‘How to Organize Roles Focused on Partnerships and Alliances’.

Reese Collins


R. Collins is a Boston-based tech consultant and freelancer. She loves staying on top of the fast-paced industry and is passionate about bringing cybersecurity closer to the average American. When she's not working, you'll find her in the local park with her dog, Max.

1 Comment

  1. Raj Goodman Anand on January 20, 2020 at 1:13 am

    Excellent tips!

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