How do you develop a stronger staff? As a leader, one of our responsibilities is to strengthen those that we lead. When I was a young Second Lieutenant in the 9th Infantry Division, the First Sergeant of the company I was assigned to took a liking to me (or felt pity on me!). One of the things he taught me was to be training for the next level of command. He made the statement that when you do your job well as a leader then you can go play golf and your people would never know you were gone. Quite a statement!
Think about what all goes into that statement. One aspect of it is that you have strong people that think on their own and think well. People who know how to make the right choices about their work.
In their book, A Coach’s Guide to developing Exemplary Leaders, James
Kouzes and Barry Posner, suggest the following questions to start members of your team thinking about how to make right choices.
“How do you see . . .?”
“What if we . . . ?”
“What do you think about . . .?”
“Have you ever . . .?”
Some good questions and their book is full of more ideas. The idea is to give your people the freedom to make choices and to think for themselves.
Have a blessed day!
BG
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