4 Factors That Affect Your Leadership Style

Did you know that your type of person affects your leadership style? 

When I say, type of person, it means it is the core of who you are. It drives certain attributes and challenges as well. 

In the FREE workshop that I will be launching, you will be able to identify your type, and you will learn how to utilize your type to become a great leader. 

But for today’s video, I want to focus on a certain component of this which really drives leadership style and teamwork- the component of passive or active and negative or positive. 

The passive type is more content with the way things are and thinks that there is no need for change if things are going well. Active types, however, always see the need to change and improve things. 

Negative types see the glass as half empty or tend to be more pessimist. They see what is not going right whether it is a physical process or ideas. This would also affect how they approach others about the change they want to make, and a positive passive type may see their approach as aggressive or threatening.  

Positive types tend to see the glass half full and are optimists. They seek change and improvements but would approach others in a more diplomatic and positive way. Thus, people would tend to perceive them as less aggressive and more diplomatic.  

Learning the Types of People approach is a powerful way to know yourself better and to understand others. It provides in-depth knowledge of the core motivation, qualities, and fears of people.  

The best way to learn this is through an interactive workshop with a group of people. You can add yourself to the list to receive news of upcoming workshops on Types of People, Ways to Success.

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How to Manage Employee Performance using a Win-Win Agreement

How do you keep yourself and your employees accountable while continuously improving performance?



In this video, I talk about the win-win agreement- a communication process that makes managing employees and having people accountable much easier.

Ideally, it begins with the manager explaining the company or department goals to the employees. Then, the employees can formulate their performance commitments in writing for discussion and agreement with the manager.


Next, the employee defines the support they require from the manager to meet their performance commitments. This is discussed and put in writing using the win-win agreement template that you can download for free. 


Watch the video for a complete explanation and leave a comment if you have questions. 

Download the win-win agreement and get access to all my forms and templates.

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Annual Employee Rewards and Recognition Programs

Many companies and organizations have an annual employee awards and recognition program to honor outstanding employee performance. These programs can have both a positive and negative effect on employee motivation and engagement.

 

A psychologist I know who works with employee assistance programs told me about a client who was seeing her because she felt slighted and overlooked at her company.

 

Her job is in supply chain management for a large multinational. She has been with the company for over twenty years and likes her job and is engaged with the company. Her colleagues often come to her for help as she has years of experience and knowledge of the processes and the industry.

 

At the recent company annual awards and recognition event two of her colleagues that she helped frequently received an award, but not her. She felt terrible that she was overlooked, and that it dampened her prospects for promotion. She wants to become a project manager.

 

The effect on this employee was so strong that she needed to seek out counselling from the psychologist. Whether she was right or wrong does not matter. What matters is her perception.

 

 

I cannot comment on the company’s perspective regarding their awards and recognition program. But in the eyes of the employee who felt overlooked it seems something was not clear.

 

annual employee rewardsWhen creating an awards and recognition program it is important that employees understand what the criteria is to achieve an award. It may not be enough to just publish a document. Clarifying someone’s understanding requires a discussion and review throughout the year.

 

When things are unclear and wrongly perceived as in this case, there is a feeling of inequality. This employee feels that she was treated unfairly in comparison to her colleagues.

 

This is the same approach I recommend taking for the annual performance review. Employees need to know up front what performance they will be evaluated on at the year end. In fact, the awards and recognition program and annual performance review should be congruent so that the employee know that if they score well on their annual review, they will be eligible for an award and public recognition.

 

I often use the example of playing a game like Monopoly. You know that the person who holds the most properties and cash at the end of the game is the winner and you can clearly see as the game progresses who is ahead.

 

The same concept needs to be applied to employee performance. Make the rules for high performance clear and provide regular reviews during the year to make sure employees understand your perspective and that there won’t be any surprises at year end.

 

You can download and use my simple annual performance review worksheet and use my five performance competencies or replace them with your own criteria. Establishing job specific goals and objectives is another approach that can work very well, or you can combine the competencies with specific goals. Just don’t set too many goals and make sure you are also providing ongoing coaching and support.

 

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Is Indeed Enticing Your Employees to Search for a Better Job?

Indeed claims to be the largest recruiting platform today. Job seekers use the site to search for jobs and employers pay to advertise their job openings.

 

Recently I have been hearing ads online targeting people who may not be happy with their employer to easily find a new job on Indeed. On the other hand, I have also seen recent TV ads geared towards employers to use the site to find new employees.

 

 

In their ads to employees Indeed is referring to unpleasant conditions at work that might be enough for people to look for a new job. Many of these things are what I listed in my last article and video on preventing employee disengagement and poor performance.

 

In an upcoming article and video, I will create a worksheet to use to apply the five preventative measures, so subscribe to my newsletter and videos to receive news of this new tool.