Workplace Leadership in 2021: Be a Beacon of Hope
Empathy, listening, sharing and caring must go both ways to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
Empathy, listening, sharing and caring must go both ways to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
Growing your workplace leadership in 2021 will require us to look at people differently. We’ve been through hell and perhaps lost friends and loved ones.
As a Human Resource (HR) Director, one of my favorite tasks is helping employees succeed at their jobs. I have had the opportunity to assist managers restructure their organizations, build high-performance teams and train staff members to perfect their analytical skills and abilities to enhance productivity.
When you reach the position of a local government manager, you’re confident that you took your career in a good direction. That’s great; you should be confident in your own capacity. However, the fact that you’re mostly focused on your personal professional growth can be a problem.
I recently had the opportunity to attend a team meeting where the manager was giving feedback to his team of 30 millennials who worked for him in a local catering business. I remember some of my supervisors in the past saying the same type of things to me. His statements brought back a flood of memories and reminded me how ineffective such statements can be.