8 Awesome Ways to Build Leadership Skills
5. Be creative
You can help your employees tap their creative sides by being creative yourself. There will be demanding situations requiring you to think out of the box. Set new challenges every day. Let them rack their brains to find solutions to them. Offer hints and clues if they get stuck somewhere. Create an atmosphere of healthy competition and drive away the office monotony.
6. Be a friend-cum-boss
There are higher chances of you succeeding as a boss if you befriend your colleagues. Be cordial, appreciative of inputs, have a laugh together, plan together and try and understand one and another. Have an easy smile. It works great to break the boss-employee barrier. Be a friend and you’ll soon gather a horde of office admirers and followers.
7. Be firm and focused
Well, being a friend might be important for getting better job performances, but being firm is equally necessary. Set the rules at the beginning itself. Make yourself loud and clear regarding what you expect from each employee. There is always a way to be firm without sounding opinionated and rude.
8. Reward your team mates
It does not stop at just verbal motivation and encouragement. You need to demonstrate that you really care about each person you have on board with you. Rewarding an excellently performing employee will not just boost his morale, it will also set an example for others to follow suit. They all will recognize that you are fair, just, open-minded and kind when it comes to an honest day’s work.
