In my last blog, I outlined 5 strategies for engaging and retaining your best talent –
1.       Lead from your heart and manage with your head
2.       Leverage and value individual strengths
3.       Contract with your employees to help them succeed
4.       Build and reward teamwork and feedback
5.       Understand your people and give them what they need for success
In today’s blog, let’s explore the first of those strategies… how you lead. If you want to engage and retain your best talent, you have got to build employee loyalty and commitment through your personal leadership.
Leading from your heart and managing with your head is all about balanced leadership: showing you care and setting clear expectations, high standards and managing fairly. It is being willing to be vulnerable and letting your employees know you as a person and motivating and holding your employees accountable to exceed individual and team performance expectations, on the other.
One of the best ways to achieve balanced leadership is by regularly asking for feedback about your leadership in 1:1 discussions with your employees. To get real advice, your questions need to be specific. What is one behavior you would like me to change? What can I do that I am not doing now to help you succeed? What am I doing that is working well?
Asking for specific feedback about how you lead and taking that feedback to heart will engage your employees and improve your leadership. I encourage you to try it and let me know your results.
In my next blog, we will explore the 2nd strategy to engaging and retaining your best talent – Leveraging and valuing your employees’ individual strengths.
To your success,
Sue

In my last blog, I outlined 5 strategies for engaging and retaining your best talent –
1.       Lead from your heart and manage with your head
2.       Leverage and value individual strengths
3.       Contract with your employees to help them succeed
4.       Build and reward teamwork and feedback
5.       Understand your people and give them what they need for success
In today’s blog, let’s explore the first of those strategies… how you lead. If you want to engage and retain your best talent, you have got to build employee loyalty and commitment through your personal leadership.
Leading from your heart and managing with your head is all about balanced leadership: showing you care and setting clear expectations, high standards and managing fairly. It is being willing to be vulnerable and letting your employees know you as a person and motivating and holding your employees accountable to exceed individual and team performance expectations, on the other.
One of the best ways to achieve balanced leadership is by regularly asking for feedback about your leadership in 1:1 discussions with your employees. To get real advice, your questions need to be specific. What is one behavior you would like me to change? What can I do that I am not doing now to help you succeed? What am I doing that is working well?
Asking for specific feedback about how you lead and taking that feedback to heart will engage your employees and improve your leadership. I encourage you to try it and let me know your results.
In my next blog, we will explore the 2nd strategy to engaging and retaining your best talent – Leveraging and valuing your employees’ individual strengths.
To your success,
Sue

In my last blog, I outlined 5 strategies for engaging and retaining your best talent –
1.       Lead from your heart and manage with your head
2.       Leverage and value individual strengths
3.       Contract with your employees to help them succeed
4.       Build and reward teamwork and feedback
5.       Understand your people and give them what they need for success

In today’s blog, let’s explore the first of those strategies… how you lead. If you want to engage and retain your best talent, you have got to build employee loyalty and commitment through your personal leadership.

Leading from your heart and managing with your head is all about balanced leadership: showing you care and setting clear expectations, high standards and managing fairly. It is being willing to be vulnerable and letting your employees know you as a person and motivating and holding your employees accountable to exceed individual and team performance expectations, on the other.

One of the best ways to achieve balanced leadership is by regularly asking for feedback about your leadership in 1:1 discussions with your employees. To get real advice, your questions need to be specific. What is one behavior you would like me to change? What can I do that I am not doing now to help you succeed? What am I doing that is working well?

Asking for specific feedback about how you lead and taking that feedback to heart will engage your employees and improve your leadership. I encourage you to try it and let me know your results.

In my next blog, we will explore the 2nd strategy to engaging and retaining your best talent – Leveraging and valuing your employees’ individual strengths.

To your success,

Sue