10/7/2019 0 Comments Believe in Your People"There are four words that, when said, will bring out the best in your team, your employees, and your family. They are: I believe in you." -Coach K
Whether it is building a team, establishing trust, motivating, holding individuals accountable, or whatever the reason, these four words are powerful for any situation. You can easily relate this to business via Jim Collins and "Good to Great." These are your people and your team, employ them with belief and trust. You hired them for a reason, so believe and trust in them. So why believe in Mike Krzyzewski anyway? Most winningest NCAA basketball coach of all-time 1132 wins and 344 loses, 5 NCAA championships, 5 Olympic Gold Medals, 3 Naismith Coach of the year awards, college basketball hall of fame inductee, and 5 year Army Officer. The man's credentials speak for themself as a winner and a leader. People make mistakes, but in order to improve, this is a necessity. But in order to make mistakes, employees must have an opportunity. In order to have an opportunity leaders must believe them and understand they will make mistakes...all of this is in order to get better, to improve and develop the individual, to improve the team, to win! And that doesn't matter what industry you are in, the more time you spend developing individuals, the better chance you have at accomplishing your business mission and key performance indicators. "I believe in you" instills confidence and confidence ensures that individuals or teams will: get things done, will monitor their progress, will ensure they do the right thing, become more aggressive and fearless, will follow through and will think and plan long term. Think about this as your team...now think about the alternative out of your team: hesitance to get things done or not getting them done at all, not worried about accomplishing key performance indicators or progressing, do what is easy, never following up on tasks and leaving them at the will of others and only working the here and now. Which group sounds better? You can instill confidence by saying and truly willing to believe in your employees. My challenge to you leaders, one time a day, step away when you feel like you need to make the decision. Start with letting your employees making the decision, but then follow up with the words, "I believe in you!"
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