Does Your Team Work?
Showing respect also includes positive encouragement and expressing our appreciation and approval. I like Charles Schwab's quote: "I have never seen a man who could do real work except under the stimulus of encouragement and enthusiasm and the approval of the people for whom he was working.
6. Ask and Encourage the Right Questions. The art of questioning is an important management skill—challenging people to think, to probe, to investigate, to challenge assumptions and to seek answers. John Chancellor illustrates the importance of this skill when he says, "If you take a close look at the most successful people in life, you'll find that their strength is not in having the right answers, but in asking the right questions."
Wes Friesen is a proven leader and developer of high performing teams and has extensive experience in both the corporate and non-profit worlds. A former in-plant manager, he is also an award-winning university instructor and speaker, and is the president of Solomon Training and Development, which provides leadership, management and team building training. His book, Your Team Can Soar! contains 42 valuable lessons that will inspire you, and give you practical pointers to help you—and your team—soar to new heights of performance. Your Team Can Soar! can be ordered from Xulonpress.com/bookstore or wesfriesen.com. Wes can be contacted at wesmfriesen@gmail.com.
