Happy Spring (for real this time)! I’m really enjoying the blooming trees and plants and trying to get motivated to do some planting myself. Will keep you posted on that…
My colleague Neill Edwards and I presented last week at the Pennsylvania Children Youth and Family Services conference on “Creating the Conditions of Accountability From the Top Down” and it was great. We had 75 people participating in our workshop (and I mean participating, minimal lecturing going on from us), sharing ideas of best practice along with their successes and challenges. Of course we had tons of fun along the way.
Today I want to give you 5 Tips to Increase Your Team’s Performance using the Leadership Without Excuses model. The model has 4 parts: Making your expectations clear, making your
expectations credible and reasonable, following high performance with positive consequences and following low performance with negative consequences. Simple, right? As you know the simple things can be difficult to implement which is where these tips can help. So I don’t overwhelm you with information, today’s 5 tips will only be in the category of “making your expectations clear.” Enjoy!
1. Don’t assume your common sense is their common sense
2. Create an atmosphere where questions for clarity are
encouraged rather than viewed as “not getting it”
3. Check for understanding by asking what they heard
4. Ask good, probing questions to make sure they really got it
5. Give candid, constructive feedback on an ongoing basis, not
just when a deliverable is due
If you really want to take your leadership up 10 notches then read about our Leadership Without Excuses Coaching Group that starts next Wednesday at noon.
To see the details: http://chriscoward.com/leadership-programs/
If you have any questions about this material or the upcoming LWE Coaching Group please call me at 215.472.1572 or Neill at 610.955.3702. We would love to hear from you!