Listen to your employees. Truly listen to the meaning behind their words.
Listen with your critical thinking, not with the desire to hear what you want to believe.
The key skill here is the ability to hear reality as it is.
Ask your employees why they made a certain decision, what reasoning they based it on, and what they used to arrive at that decision. Their response will reveal the root cause of the outcome they achieved. You will understand how each employee reaches the results they deliver.
Also, listen to yourself—both to what you say and how you say it. This gives you a chance to understand not only yourself but also your subconscious goals in leading people, businesses, and even your own life.
The ability to truly listen, think critically, and draw conclusions gives you the most valuable and unique advantage. But this advantage only works if you translate it into concrete actions in the here and now.
Listen with your critical thinking, not with the desire to hear what you want to believe.
The key skill here is the ability to hear reality as it is.
Ask your employees why they made a certain decision, what reasoning they based it on, and what they used to arrive at that decision. Their response will reveal the root cause of the outcome they achieved. You will understand how each employee reaches the results they deliver.
Also, listen to yourself—both to what you say and how you say it. This gives you a chance to understand not only yourself but also your subconscious goals in leading people, businesses, and even your own life.
The ability to truly listen, think critically, and draw conclusions gives you the most valuable and unique advantage. But this advantage only works if you translate it into concrete actions in the here and now.