Good leaders know they rise on the strengths, talents, skills and dedication of their teams. Therefore, if they have one great ambition, it should be to make everyone better.
Working for an enlightened leader makes an organization's culture supportive of personal and career growth. Great organizations like Etsy give people challenges, offer them opportunities to advance, and provide a lot of free time benefits like 6 month maternal leave and sabbaticals.
The first thing that encourages employees is feedback. We don't want to be invisible when we are dedicating hours and effort to help an organization prosper. We want to know we are noticed and appreciated.
Leaders provide opportunities to advance and make the promotion process transparent. Politics are inherent in every hierarchy, but the criteria on how to gain status, authority, and income should be transparent.
Employees should have the opportunity to lead. They could volunteer for projects, committees, collaborations, and problem solving exercises. Joining in efforts to improve performance can give employees exposure to each other and to superiors.
Leaders empower employees by training them to be better and fulfill leadership gaps. If you promote from within, you sustain the culture and continuation of the policies and processes that work. You pass on the legacy.
Leaders allow ideas to have an open forum. Nothing moves an organization forward faster than a continuous flow of creativity and innovation. Why would you want to stifle the insights of those involved in the processes?
Leaders empower others. At the end of football games, the winners talk about how they play for each other. Supporting employees makes them more generous, cooperative, and productive. The organization moves smoother when everyone rows together.
Build your own skills and network to gain opportunities to lead. Then you can perpetuate the culture the serves.
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