Making Others Successful: Success Through Diversity
In organizations, diversity is typically celebrated—diversity of skin color, of experience, of dress, of cultural backgrounds, of perspectives, of giftedness, of personalities. It is wonderful to see a representative swath of people when walking through the halls of the workplace. Yet, the more underlining issues that diversity naturally brings are the ones that have potential to disrupt the team’s docile routine. And that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Making Others Successful: Success Through Feedback
An important aspect of the coaching process is performance feedback. This consists of the coach’s role in sharpening the skills of team members, closing the gaps, and expanding responsibilities. When team members consistently fall short in their performance, these types of conversations, although necessary, are sometimes uncomfortable and unnatural for us as leaders. This is the part of coaching that many of us tend to want to avoid. When we avoid constructive feedback, we also miss out on the opportunity to develop our team members, even if does take us a little outside our comfort zone.
Making Others Successful: Investing in Leaders
We work with individuals of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, work styles, and motivations. With such an array of variables, there is no “magic formula” or universal solution to helping them achieve organizational goals. There exist, however, universal principles that, when implemented with fidelity, are certain to produce results that will motivate and stimulate further success.
One such principle is what I call “Making Others Successful.”