Lean Quote: Show Your Team Members That You Support Them And Are Committed To Helping Them Realize Their Goals.

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April 12, 2019
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On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on this journey because without learning we can not improve.

“Leaders instill in their people a hope for success and a belief in themselves. Positive leaders empower people to accomplish their goals.” — Author Unknown

The importance of demonstrating to team members that you
truly care about them as individuals, that you want to help them improve their
professional skills, and that you support them being architects of personally
satisfying careers simply cannot be overstated.

Leaders who ask for their employees’ input when constructing
development plans will gain commitment, loyalty, and respect from their team
members. Leaders who treat their employees as extra bodies, on the other hand,
will not manage to retain talented people for very long.

It’s crucial for leaders to listen, and listen well, to what
employees really want from their jobs and their perception of how they can
contribute to the organization.

Although it seems like a small gesture, leaders who ask
employees to be actively involved in the creation of their personal development
plans show these employees that their opinions matter and that they are at
least partially responsible for ensuring that their careers are challenging and
meaningful.

Sharing responsibility with employees in this way also frees
leaders up from acting as enforcers who drag unwilling employees down career
paths that they had no hand in designing.

Professional development is an ongoing responsibility for
both parties, not a “once and done” task. As such, it’s important for leaders
to remain available to employees once a mutually acceptable, challenging
development plan has been developed and put into place. Providing guidance and
genuine support all the way through the plan increases the likelihood that
employees will achieve success with their development goals.