by Fatima Calderon
Often, skills are transferable in life. How we lead at home
can be applied to successful leadership at work.
First of all, we ARE leaders at home. We not only
manage our kids' activities (let's get real, sometimes we run or husband's
too), we inspire them, we teach them lessons on a daily basis, through our
words and actions, we are their role models, and we influence their actions
-all qualities of a great leader.
Can we apply some of the skills we use with or kids to our
work, with our employees? I don't mean we should treat our employees like
children, of course.
For example, I streamline my mornings at home by getting
ready the night before. I supervise the kids taking out their uniforms
including socks and shoes and leaving them reachable for the morning. I also
check with them that they have their backpacks ready with the actual things
they'll need the next day and that their homework is done.
This is an approach that could work well at work too. We
could offer our team a little preview of the next day: we'll continue working
on such project, certain deadline is approaching, we have to finalize certain
things, etc. That way the team will know what you're expecting from them the
next day and they can get their mindsets ready, their game plan on.
So, the idea is to think about how we're successful at home
and take those skills and strategies to our business.
What about you? Do
you think that any of your "home skills" can apply to a business
setting?
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