What can I say, the three most important elements any supervisor can bring to work is his or her Energy, Effort, and Enthusiasm for their profession. Notice, I did not say job. What ever you do for a living you should strive to be the very best, make it your profession, at least till you find another one. No one ever became successful aiming to be mediocre.
When you bring your positive energy, perform the best that you can everyday, and work with a high level of enthusiasm, you become infectious to others. Even the most disgruntled person will eventually turn around if you follow these simple rules.
I know, there are days that you just don't have a lot of energy. Well, that happens! But you make the conscience choice on how you use the energy you have. You can choose to to use it to make positive change and help someone or not. When you come to work, and you lead people, they know when you are having a hard time pushing forward. If you have developed a good foundation using the three "E" principals, your people will help pull you forward.
Everyone knows when their team leader, supervisor, manager, etc does not show any effort. be the example! Go out and do your job, show then how to perform their jobs, and get dirty. Show them how to do the tough jobs and they will never be able to look at you and say, "he or she won't do it, so why should I". Be the person who they look up to and say, "Wow, if they can do it, so can I." or, " They can do it, now I have no excuse." When your people see you working hard they have no choice but to work hard also.
Nothing creates a atmosphere of high performance than having a team leader who comes to work everyday with a level of enthusiasm that you can not help but to be caught up in. You make the call. You choice to show enthusiasm that make everyone want to walk through fire to to help you out and make you a success, or suck the wind out of sails of everyone and make them want to join another profession.
Notice I wrote, "your people". If you truly want to be a team leader everyone who works around you become "your people"; this includes the person down the hall, the maintenance man, receptionist, or simply the person who needs a little help that day. When you stop being a manager and see people as "your people" and not as your subordinates, then you transform into a leader with incredible opportunities, not just for your self, but those around you. When you become the three "E's" you will become the person that people look up to and want to work around. You become the myth, the enigma that others claim to be.
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