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7 Strategies to Build Trust on Your Team
Inspired by a random infographic I came across on Pinterest.
How do you build trust in your team?
To trust your team is to be able to work effectively, efficiently and allow for innovation, without trust success is impossible.
Trust and success go hand in hand, building trust just like success takes time, dedication and perseverance.
It's many small things repeated over and over again - toward a larger vision or goal.
In these nudenotes I am sharing 7 Strategies to Build Trust on your Team. Here are the cliff-notes:
1 - Lead with integrity.
2 - Encourage vulnerability.
3 - Share information widely.
4 - Empower people.
5 - Build relationships.
6 -Recognise good work.
7 - Engage in conflict fairly.
Check out the post for more details.
Let me know your top tips for building trust within your team in the comments below.
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8 Steps to an Engaged Team
Inspired by an article by an infographic by etimes2.com.
How do you create an engaged team?
This is the goal of every good leader. But it's most as easy as it sounds...
Every individual in a team has their own background, personalities and goals.
But it can be done.
Hopefully these 8 steps will help you create an engaged team, keeping all your team mates happy and fulfilled.
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Ways to Refocus A Team
Inspired by an infographic by inbalancedar.com
How To Build A Positive Team Culture
Inspired by an infographic I came across on Pinterest.
Growth Mindset or Fixed Mindset - which is best for employees?
Understanding if you or your colleagues has a fixed or growth mindset can be a good indicator of how likely they are to overcome difficulties, in their day to day duties. So, let's break down these two mindsets:
A Growth Mindset employee is malleable - able to leverage their talents and skills, even look to obtain new skills to overcome problems to ensure a successful outcome.
A Fixed Mindset employee is rigid - tend to stay with their known talents and skills, they often won't push to learn new skills to overcome problems.
It's important to highlight that not everyone fits cleanly into one camp or the other, but understanding the needs and wants of employees with these mindsets is key to the success of any business. So, which is mindset is best?
A growth mindset has been linked to more productive and positive teams. However, it is not always the norm - it's important to access your own situation to find the best fit for you.
Personally, I feel a growth mindset is the best choice. It gives you the flexibility and belief that you and your team can achieve anything that comes their way - Adapt & Overcome!
Tips For Running Effective Meetings
Inspired by Unknown
7 Steps Toward Developing a Remarkable Team
By Unknown found on theaspirationsinstitute.com
Looking to build a dream team? Not sure where to start?
Each step on this list moves you toward an environment of support and shared goals, making your Dream Team feel like they, and the business, are growing.
This makes them more likely to stay in your business, and eventually build a team of their own.
Key takeaway:
Everyone should feel valued.
The key to attracting and retaining a team of valuable and talented people is to ensure that each member of that team feels valued, happy and a part of something bigger than themselves.
Disciplines of a Learning Organisation
By Peter Senege
I’ve heard many good things about Peter’s book The Fifth Discipline — The Art and Practice of Learning Organisation, but I still haven’t got around to reading it, my reading list is growing faster than I can get through them.
Until I do, here are quick summaries of the five disciplines of a learning organisation.
I love learning new things, it is one of the main reasons I started making these notes.
Applying the thirst for learning in everyday work really appeals to me.
I look forward to weaving these disciplines into my daily work.
Key takeaway:
Shared vision
Businesses and organisations are complex — it can take years for a learning culture to develop.
Although it is number three on the list, I believe ‘shared vision’ is the most important discipline.
If you don’t know where you are going, you can’t figure out the best possible route to get there.
The Five Practices & The Ten Commandments of Exemplary Leadership
From the book The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, which I discovered through an article from Thought Leadership.
I love learning about leadership — I find the whole topic fascinating.
Since making these nudenotes, I’ve tried where ever possible to weave these into my daily work as a designer.
It is amazing how much leadership skills are needed to navigate even the smallest of design projects.
Leadership skills are like building muscles — you need to be constantly and consistently training to keep them in good working condition.
Expect to see more leadership nudenotes in the future.
Key takeaway:
Be inclusive, improve always, raise others and live passionately…
Not sure I can say it any better than that, really!
Leadership 7
Inspired by an article by Nicholas Bate from Tanmay Vora’s website.
What does it mean to be a leader?
How do you become one?
Leadership skills are such an integral part of being a creative professional.
We all need the ability to rally people around an idea or vision - share that with other designers. It's a call to arms to get sh*t done!
Remember...
"leadership is a mindset, not a job title"
-Nicholas Bate
Key takeaway:
Model the behaviours you want!
This is how humans learn — by copying something someones else does.
It’s also how master craftsman and artists of old use to teach others their skills and craft.
Don’t be afraid to use the same technique, it’s really very effective.
It also allows you to focus in on the content of what you learn, rather than how you are going to but your own ‘spin’ on it.