Tag: Managers

How To Manage Remote Employees

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Leadership
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‘Virtual meetings occur both one-on-one and in teams. … this new virtual intimacy may encourage conversations that wouldn’t normally happen in a workplace. Leaders must be aware that certain topics they discuss in one-on-one meetings will not be appropriate to bring up in full-team meetings, and that employees expect a certain amount of confidentiality from their leaders when they discuss subjects that they do not want exposed.’- Takako Hirata

‘Remove any mechanisms at work that monitor whether an employee is online or working. Trust is something that should be assumed to be there, and each time the team meets or surpasses expectations, that trust is built upon. Employers violates their employees’ trust when they use software that tracks their screens or keyboards.’– Takako Hirata

‘Recognition is one of the strongest motivators at work and helps ensure that leaders and employees are paying attention to their colleagues’ results and execution.’– Takako Hirata

‘Encourage team members to communicate and make informal connections when managers and other leaders are not present.’– Takako Hirata

‘Encourage flexibility and emphasize the importance of taking breaks.’- Takako Hirata

‘Encourage socialization among peers.’- Takako Hirata

Build a virtual office culture to help employees feel supported.’- Takako Hirata

Tell Yourself What You Need To Hear, Not What You Want To Hear

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Communication
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Honesty is the art of telling yourself what you don’t want to hear. To know yourself, you have to be honest with yourself. If you are honest with yourself, you will be honest with others. When you are honest with other people, they will trust you. They will do anything for you. They will help you succeed. They will trust you and comet to you when they are in trouble.

You cannot be successful in life without first being an honest person. Nobody wants to work with a dishonest supervisor, manager, or boss. As a boss or a manager, if your people don’t trust you, you have lost it all. They will keep sensitive organizational information to themselves. When they are in trouble, instead of coming to you, they will talk to their friends, seek outside help.

If you want them (your people) to trust you, don’t lie to them. How? Make it a habit to always tell them the truth, no matter what. When things are going well in your organization, let them know. When things are not going well in your organization, let them know. Make sure you keep your promise. Don’t say one thing today, and do another tomorrow. If you say you want to do A, do A. Don’t say A, and do B. They will not trust you when you say something like that next time.

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If you want to achieve success with people, with yourself, you must be honest with yourself, and with the people you interact with on a daily basis. You cannot achieve success if you are a dishonest person. Start telling yourself the truth. Start telling yourself what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. There is growth in what you need to hear. There is a disaster in what you want to hear. What you need to hear reveals reality to you. What you want to hear, on the other hand, prevents you from facing your reality. Without facing your reality, there is no growth. If you want to grow, face reality. Ask yourself questions that will reveal your hidden secrets- your strengths and weaknesses.

If you want things to change in your life, start telling yourself the truth. The truth will set you free.