Try to imagine this situation: you are inside your company and you have to complete a project.
Would you prefer that the group always and only needed your orders in order to act, or that each of them participated in achieving the result by fielding knowledge and skills?
When a worker feels the goal that the company has set itself as his own, he will work hard to achieve it. Otherwise, if he only thinks about doing his job to get to the end of the day, his performance will be much more limited.
Being a boss is essential to maximize the efficiency of all the people involved, optimizing time and resources.
Furthermore, creating a productive work environment helps the growth of the entire company, not only in relation to a single project.
The work takes place between people. Being a boss means giving importance to human relationships and the synergies that are created in the team. Even more so in this period in which work on the one hand is increasingly automated, but on the other it requires creativity and readiness of the intellect to face new situations.
How to be a great boss?
Anyone can be a boss, if they know what skills to train.
Being a boss is a mindset that results in a particular role model. This is good news because, with the right attitude, you can become a charismatic guide too.
To be a boss you have to work, in particular, on communication.
Do you know what is the basis of good communication? Listening.
being a boss - listening skills
If you want to become a boss, before improving any other behavior, you need to work on your communication model.
When you listen actively you pay attention and value to the people around you, you are able to understand what you are told and to formulate effective solutions.
The trick of listening is to listen to understand the other, not just to give answers.
Communication takes place on several levels. It is not just a question of speaking, but also of knowing how to write and communicate virtually, since technology allows you to interact with a person who is on the other side of the globe.
Effective communication is useful for being able to understand each other, lowering the barriers between interlocutors, and for doing a good job.
Don't worry if you only recognize some of these qualities in yourself at the moment. The fact that you have landed on this page means that you are already well on your way to becoming a great boss.
In order to improve you must accept who you are, where you are now and then start training all the other behaviors necessary to achieve the success you want. To be a true boss starts with yourself: make your strengths what you believe to be your weakest points.
All these qualities are already within you, think right now about how to bring them out. If you still have some doubts or if you want to learn more about all the characteristics that make up a successful boss, follow my blog, take a look at the videos and take advantage of the news: podcasts!
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Basically, the thing you need to aim for the most is one: to be a happy successful boss!
