Great leaders are the ones who have built great businesses. So why not groom your own employees to become one among them?
Your employees are not only the supporting pillars but also the pivotal foundation of your organization. Developing leadership skills in them not only helps your organization but also drives the employees to achieve more.
Here are some vital strategies that can help you give that little push to your employees to go higher up the ladder:
Encourage Inter and Intra networking
Employees will learn the importance of leadership skills while networking. Intra-team networking will help them groom their leadership skills whereas inter-team networking will help them new people who are already successful business leaders and learn from them
Networking is one of the most powerful business tools, therefore effective networking skills will go a long way in honing one’s leadership and business skills.
Keep Them Informed and Keep Them Involved
Leaders are the ones who always have all the facts ready at hand. Keep your employees informed of the company’s roadmap, and discuss with them as to how they can contribute to it to make it better. You can involve them in decisions related to your Business Unit where they can pitch in. Keeping them informed will help them take better decisions at work, and help them understand the company leadership much better.
Help them but Don’t Do It for Them
If your employees are stuck somewhere, you should definitely help them out, but never do their work for them. As a manager/leader, you need to set the right kind of example by being supporting and encouraging, but at the same time, as and when they figure out ways to solve their own problems, they will develop more and more of a leadership attitude.
Leadership through Ownership
One of the most commonly used terms for leaders is owners. Leadership through ownership is one of the age-old and the most effective practices in the industry. Motivate your employees to take ownership by giving them good opportunities and projects. As employees start taking ownership, it will help them develop their overall skills along with instilling some leadership skills.
Invest in employee Training and Development
One of the most successful mantras for motivating an employee to become a leader is to hone their overall technical and personal development skills. Encourage your employees to take up business related trainings as well as self-development trainings.
A smart employee with the necessary technical and business knowledge is more likely to become a leader than an employee who is doing projects at a constant level.
Motivating your employees to become leaders will not only help you manage your immediate team, but it will also help the overall growth of your organization. Like they say, for an organization to lead the world, it should have the right leaders to do it.
