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How to Invest in Your Team’s Growth
One of the most important things we can do as leaders is intentionally invest in our team’s growth. That’s the focus of today’s episode of the Leader Fluent Podcast. So, whether you oversee a full-time staff, or you lead a team of volunteers, I’ll share four practical ways to invest in your team that will make a real difference.
If you’re not already a subscriber, I’d love for you to subscribe to Leader Fluent today on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, or your favorite podcast platform. And after you subscribe, would you do me a favor and RATE or REVIEW the podcast. It’s makes a difference and helps us spread the word to other leaders.
SHOW NOTES:
Leaders don’t just lead projects, they lead people. They recruit and empower people to help the organization achieve its desired outcomes. But building a high performing team doesn’t end with recruiting people and then handing off a job responsibility to them. You also have to invest in your team’s growth. Using the word TEAM as an acronym, here are four ways to do just that.
TRAINING: INVEST THROUGH KNOWLEDGE
Team members need the “know how” to accelerate in their areas of responsibility. Consider training in two formats:
EQUIPPING: INVEST THROUGH RESOURCES
One of the benefits we have at this moment in history is the vast number of resources available to help us equip our teams. Think of resources to equip your team in two ways:
APPLICATION: INVEST THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES
Investing in your team goes beyond simply pumping more information into their heads. True leadership isn’t learned in a classroom; it’s learned in the trenches. That’s why it’s important to focus on application. Application is where you invest in your team through opportunities. There are four levels of opportunity that will help your team grow:
These four levels of opportunity help your team apply what they have been learning. In fact, this process is how you grow leaders and help your team put what they are learning into practice in the everyday trenches of leadership.
MENTORING: INVEST THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS
The Gallup organization discovered that 65% of people that leave a company are actually leaving their managers. However, if we would mentor and coach our team members, we could dramatically increase performance and engagement. How do we mentor our team? Consider two strategies:
These four strategies: Training, Equipping, Application, and Mentoring will help you intentionally invest in your team’s growth.
RATING OR REVIEW
Again, I’d love to invite you to subscribe to the Leader Fluent Podcast. You can subscribe today on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, or your favorite podcast platform. Plus, a RATING or REVIEW will help us spread the word to other leaders. Thanks for your help.
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One of the most important things we can do as leaders is intentionally invest in our team’s growth. That’s the focus of today’s episode of the Leader Fluent Podcast. So, whether you oversee a full-time staff, or you lead a team of volunteers, I’ll share four practical ways to invest in your team that will make a real difference.
If you’re not already a subscriber, I’d love for you to subscribe to Leader Fluent today on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, or your favorite podcast platform. And after you subscribe, would you do me a favor and RATE or REVIEW the podcast. It’s makes a difference and helps us spread the word to other leaders.
SHOW NOTES:
Leaders don’t just lead projects, they lead people. They recruit and empower people to help the organization achieve its desired outcomes. But building a high performing team doesn’t end with recruiting people and then handing off a job responsibility to them. You also have to invest in your team’s growth. Using the word TEAM as an acronym, here are four ways to do just that.
TRAINING: INVEST THROUGH KNOWLEDGE
Team members need the “know how” to accelerate in their areas of responsibility. Consider training in two formats:
EQUIPPING: INVEST THROUGH RESOURCES
One of the benefits we have at this moment in history is the vast number of resources available to help us equip our teams. Think of resources to equip your team in two ways:
APPLICATION: INVEST THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES
Investing in your team goes beyond simply pumping more information into their heads. True leadership isn’t learned in a classroom; it’s learned in the trenches. That’s why it’s important to focus on application. Application is where you invest in your team through opportunities. There are four levels of opportunity that will help your team grow:
These four levels of opportunity help your team apply what they have been learning. In fact, this process is how you grow leaders and help your team put what they are learning into practice in the everyday trenches of leadership.
MENTORING: INVEST THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS
The Gallup organization discovered that 65% of people that leave a company are actually leaving their managers. However, if we would mentor and coach our team members, we could dramatically increase performance and engagement. How do we mentor our team? Consider two strategies:
These four strategies: Training, Equipping, Application, and Mentoring will help you intentionally invest in your team’s growth.
RATING OR REVIEW
Again, I’d love to invite you to subscribe to the Leader Fluent Podcast. You can subscribe today on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, or your favorite podcast platform. Plus, a RATING or REVIEW will help us spread the word to other leaders. Thanks for your help.