Hinton Frances
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2007年 3月 8日 (木) 20:47:15 JST
By providing recognition and encouragement, within an environment to release potential, you can make a real difference to someone. I want to return to the good value I got from a recent episode of 'The West Wing' reruns. We say things like 'It's nothing' or 'No, no - it was all you'. >From time to time, I notice unusual sayings; adverts; press maybe, that ring a sort of bell. Now he told me he was sending this small gift and it would have been easy to say 'You shouldn't have'. Yet I want you to try and catch it if you can and think about this. Reaching a workplace, where someone has the kindness and generosity to recognise positively, encourage and believe in someone, makes a world of difference to performance and sometimes, changes lives. Gifts like this are hard to give, especially when courage and strength is needed to even speak up, as in some organizations. And it's all around what you ask and how you ask it. Accepting the gift with honesty and appreciation is a wonderful gift back, though mainly unspoken and intangible. The key to making the most of your people is taking time to reflect on who is good at what and leveraging their capabilities in as many ways as possible. It's your job, if you want to develop a highly effective team, to make the space in your own thinking to identify and then challenge your people, gently. He has hundreds of hints, tips and ideas at his website, www. For those of you to whom cricket is something of a mystery, let me tell you that it's the only international sport that has meal breaks planned in - so, for anyone, it can't be all bad! Which brings me back to the main thrust of what I have to say, short and simple. When they are able to demonstrate what they do know to you, they will develop far more positive thoughts about themselves than ever before. Truth is, there is no place for any of us in our teams if we just want to lead - our role, if it is to be effective, is to show that we deliver value. Dismissing it with the 'You shouldn't', would undo a lot of their decision making and choice to make a gift. By providing stretching opportunities for individuals to shine, in an environment where they know they won't get shouted at for having a go, will release potential like you would never expect. Don't miss the opportunity - seek it out pro-actively and follow through all the things you need to have change - especially if it's about you. Reaching a workplace, where someone has the kindness and generosity to recognise positively, encourage and believe in someone, makes a world of difference to performance and sometimes, changes lives. Someone said, in a flippant moment, 'Exciting things happen when you say 'yes'', which I thought was quite interesting and likely is quite true as well. It costs nothing and you will, fear not yourself, most often be well rewarded for the risk you take. Who, for example, as an employee, focuses on the organization's 'mission', when they haven't been paid properly for all the extra work they did to bring the Christmas business in? The key to making the most of your people is taking time to reflect on who is good at what and leveraging their capabilities in as many ways as possible. The chance to spin a valuable idea out of almost fresh air is such fun - and it is, of course, great to share it with you all! My business experience of this was when I was once given praise for a piece of work where I dismissed the praise with, 'It's just my job'. It's like saying, 'Well, well, how wonderful that someone appreciates what I do sometimes, you are so kind for giving me the feedback that what I do is valued'. Why is this important? And so I always have since then. The improvement in team performance has been since Michael Vaughan, captain during the last series in England where we regained the Ashes, returned to the squad. So, we can be fussy, 'picky' and downright unreasonable in our expectations - quite right too! It's your job, if you want to develop a highly effective team, to make the space in your own thinking to identify and then challenge your people, gently. A 'yes' organization is far more likely to be constructive, creative, risk-taking and fun to be in, than a 'no' organization. Time this week to help your people discover the positives in their activities and then lead that into further performance improvement too. And next week, I'll share with you what the second item was. -------------- next part -------------- HTML$B$NE:IU%U%!%$%k$rJ]4I$7$^$7$?(B...Download -------------- next part -------------- $B%F%-%9%H7A<00J30$NE:IU%U%!%$%k$rJ]4I$7$^$7$?(B... $B%U%!%$%kL>(B: $BL5$7(B $B7?(B: image/gif $B%5%$%:(B: 13303 $B%P%$%H(B $B ＠ bL@(B: $BL5$7(B URL: http://lists.sourceforge.jp/mailman/archives/aime-devel/attachments/20070308/5131aa58/attachment.gif
