Successful entrepreneurs have tapped into a sort of formula that allows them to obtain success in sustainable management. They’ll start by evaluating their natural strengths and how that impacts the way they lead the team. In summary
- Do the things that align with your natural strengths
- Have a great team that complements you
- Hire people that will help your business grow
- You are free to be yourself at home
You’ve found it!
They start by evaluating their natural strengths and how that impacts the way they lead the team. Here are their tips and secrets…
Find out how you do things by understanding your natural strengths
Ask yourself:
- How do you instinctively get stuff done?
- How does this impacts your productivity?
Once you figure out your “MO” modus operandi, you can figure out how to prioritize better, delegate more and spend valuable time doing the things that make the most impact working as a team.
Make your team as productive as possible by finding out how the team can work together
“Dream teams” don’t just happen. Click To TweetLeaders and managers must first understand their own personal strengths and leadership qualities. The next step is to help team members find out how they naturally operate.
When a team lead takes the time to really understand her team leadership skills and realizes that she has the right people – It’s amazing! they’re just in the wrong roles. Or, she has too many people who have the same natural strengths and she needs to bring in somebody new to help balance business productivity.
“how do I find the right people?”
Stop guessing when it comes to hiring
Hiring the best is expensive. It’s takes a lot of time. The best managers get a new hire based on their natural strengths.
Ask, “how is this person going to problem solve and how are they going to help or possibly detract from the team I have in place?”
A bad fit can eliminate the productivity of an entire team.
The best leaders I know take hiring very seriously and invest in hiring according to natural strengths.
Remember that true success is the freedom to be yourself at home and at work.
When the two meet, that’s when productivity peaks.
Everything can be running smoothly at the office, but if things aren’t great in an entrepreneur’s personal life the business could suffer, too. If things are stressful with a spouse or romantic partner, it may be because of differences in how both people naturally act, not just personalities clashing.
The same goes for kids – if they’re stressed or parents aren’t understanding why the kids are acting a certain way, we can help identify their instinctive abilities which, in turn, may improve the family relationship.
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