What makes a great leader? Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests, it’s someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust. But creating trust and safety — especially in an uneven economy — means taking on big responsibility. I encourage you to watch the video and answer below questions.
Questions:
1. Do you agree with Simon's circle of trust idea? Why?
2. Do you feel safe around your leaders at school and/or work? What do they do to make you feel so?
3. What else could we do as leaders to make our subordinates feel safe and belong?
Questions:
1. Do you agree with Simon's circle of trust idea? Why?
2. Do you feel safe around your leaders at school and/or work? What do they do to make you feel so?
3. What else could we do as leaders to make our subordinates feel safe and belong?
Comments
On the other hand I think it's important not to forget about these things and care about the work environment, just not at every cost or just for the sake of the idea. Human factor is not the biggest candidate for a mistake maker without a reason. Trustful environment can boost our will and productiveness but I believe life is not about being happy all the time and rules are needed.
2. Yes, of course, I feel safe, because I know that if I make a mistake - they will not fire me, I will always have a chance to fix it. To all, I still have the opportunity to exercise my abilities, they trust me more work, so I have a desire to do better and more.
3. Probably, if possible, pay more attention to employees, know some personal information to congratulate the birth of the child in time, or be more interested in the work done, to give advice or to express their opinion, because the subordinate will always be pleased if they pay attention to his work, so as the boss is always busy.
Lack of resposibility and obligation to take the risk is what make us feel safe around our leaders. We know that there is someone who would have to take some crucial decisions and eventually take the blame for them. We just have to do what they tell us to do and we don't have to care about anything else.
We spend an important part of our time in the workplace, job satisfaction and satisfaction and relaxation in the workplace by the leader is one of the most important factors in creativity in the staff.
The health of the work environment and the creation of a sense of power in the employees by the manager/leader will make the employee's ability much higher.
2. Yes, I feel safe. I know that I can talk to him in any doubts and as we have common goal he will help me if needed.
3. In my opinion leaders should create such atmosphere at work that subordinates feel like they are involved in something important so they are willing to try harder to make their work better. When leader create dense atmosphere or it is based on fear of losing the job people usually give up after some period of time and quit.
2. If I feel like I can count on them to back me up when problems occur, I feel safe. If not, then no.
3. Leaders should value their subordinates opinion - they don't neccessarily have to agree with them, but they should at least listen to it and consider it, both because it will make employees feel like they are worth something, and because they might just actually be right.
At my current work, I feel safe. We have a great atmosphere. Whole team would like to make good product and not only do the most tasks (without paying attention to quality), because of fear of too low performance.
I think it’s also very important to motivate team and shows that theirs work is important.
Thats what made all great leaders, the ability to empower others around them so they can achieve more as a unit.
Leaders im around have particular set of skill that empower our teams, they do make final decisions solidifying directions and actions we take, they do come as a decisive member for others to post ideas to. By deciding manually to include less active members they force them to act and keep groups together.
Many "leaders" ive been around quickly forget how much they need to keep the group together is it by organising team activities or just simply forcing each of them to act from time to time.
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I have a good relationship with my boss. I can call him a leader. He watch over us, protect us from overload and sometimes if it is necessity, he can come and tell us “can you work a little bit longer, because we need to do it until tomorrow”. Everybody gets it because he is staying there with us, Sometimes he bring some cookies to the meanings. Sometimes it is just simple “how are you”.
Leaders should be your friend and the first place and the second as boss. They have to be a part of the team.
Both sides of an argument can be done badly in wrong hands. So it is important to have a good balance.
I feel quite safe in my environment, but it is hard for me to say what my leaders do that I feel that way. I suppose it is because they do not try to openly take everything for themselves.
I am not kind of leader, so I have never wondered what can I do as a leader. I think that speaking with subordinates about problems to solve them is the best way.
I'm not a business oriented person, but if I ever have a chance to create an organization, where I can be a leader, I will definitely use this idea. I think we all deserve this kind of trust and feeling of safety.
I’ll answer the second question with a twist — I am a team leader in my company. I try to be as empathetic as I can and follow the guidance of people like Simon. I can pretty confidently say that I feel I managed to do that. My team members feel safe and confident enough to be honest and have trust to each other.
In my opinion, leaders are different from managers in that they avoid implying and enforcing employee-employer relationship — e.g. they don’t call their team members „subordinates”. They also need to have the ability to listen to their colleagues (as opposed to just hearing them) and be openly helpful.
2. I have to admit that in my current workplace I don’t really feel safe around my leaders. Actually, most of them don’t really understand problems and challenges facing employees and that causes a lot of misunderstandings and sometimes lack of support form their site.
3. First and foremost, leaders have to really understand their employees’ tasks, problems and challenges. They have to put themselves in employees’ shoes in order to be able to be a real support for them. Secondly they have to lead the way and earn employees’ respect by managing difficult situations and conflicts quickly and unfailingly.
Yes if my leader is experienced and he knows what to do I feel much safer and confident at my work. Its very important that ur supervisor's your mentor as well, a good leader should be aware what is happening amon teammates, every conflict should be solved asap.
I think good leaders care about integation among team, taks signed by leader should improve cooporation in team.
If leader is a confident and charismatic person, then yes I do feel safe. At work, from my point of view, I can feel safer when leaders have more experience than me.
We can be close to them. Play open cards and be honest even in not so positive situations. It might be not so good at the beginning, but it pays off.