There’s lots of resources being generated with practical tips and strategies for working from home or managing remotely, but one key foundation to your team’s effectiveness is your shared agreements about how to use these strategies together.
Managing Team Connection in Uncertain Times
3 Conversations You Need to Keep Having with Your Teams
For most of us, this is like nothing we’ve seen before. Decisions and actions happening quickly based on minimal information and hopeful speculation. As a leader you might feel like you have no time to eat or rest you’re so busy trying to keep up, keep the lights on, keep your customers cared for and keep paying your people.
It’s tough stuff. It’s real and it’s OK to be human and feel overwhelmed.
In the midst of crisis and I’d argue even more so, leaders can’t stop talking with each other or with their teams. We must put some intentional thought and focus on how you need to communicate not only as a leader but also as a team right now.
How Building EQ Skills Can Make You a Better Leader
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is a proven foundation for key capabilities that drive success in our increasingly complex world of work, and especially the evolving role of leaders. Team leaders and managers at all levels need to be both caring coaches and strategic decisions makers and it’s vital to support people leaders with the right development.