Part of being a business owner is being a leader. While leadership comes easy to some, to others it can be difficult. Here are five ways you can improve as a leader today:
1. Take an interest in your employees.
You need to be involved with your employees. If they have a problem, you need to work with them to find a solution. You hired talent, now you need to nurture that talent in your employees. Ways to improve work and life for your employees should remain top of mind. Colin Powell may have said it best, “The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.”
2. Be open to a new way of looking at and doing things.
To be a great leader you need to be flexible and in tune with what is going on around you and you should be constantly looking for ways to improve your business.
3. Set the standards with yourself.
Do not demand perfection, the best leaders inspire greatness. They do this by holding themselves to high standards.
4. Communicate, communicate, communicate
This is one of the most fundamental parts of being a great leader. Being a great communicator starts with being a great listener.
5. Teach and release
Being a great leader requires that you teach your employees what they need to know and then you get out of the way and let them do it themselves. They should know you’ll be there for support, but ultimately they have the ability and your trust to get what needs to be done, done. It’s finding the balance between being in the trenches beside your employees and leading from in front.
To learn more about The Dwyer Group Code of Values, business systems or to become a part of our franchise family, click here or fill out the information form to the side.
The post 5 ways to be a better business leader today appeared first on Best Small Business Advice From The Experts.
