Watch Your Mouth!

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Watch your mouth! Words are powerful. If you do not have anything good to say about people, then don’t say anything.

It is better to say nothing than to say negative words about people. Because negative words are just negative words. They are energy suckers. They kill dreams. They are life stealers. They don’t make people feel good about themselves. They make people feel that they are not good enough.

But that is not the case. The point is that people are just people. They are good enough. They just want to live their lives. So if you don’t want people to treat you like a stranger, then treat them as human beings. That is life.

People don’t care about your job. They don’t care about your car. They don’t care about where you live. But they do care about how you treat people, especially people who are still trying to get their lives together. People don’t care about what you say, but they care about how you say it, where you say it, and why you say it.

If you want to lift people up, then don’t say negative things about them. Instead, say things that will encourage them to be more, do more, and live more. Inspire them. Encourage them. Be honest with people. If you see something that you do not like, don’t judge them. Ask them.

As human beings, we want to be supported. We want to be lifted up. We want to be alive. That is what we want. Nothing more, nothing less.

Don’t hide behind anything. Just be you. Be real with yourself. And be real with others. Because being real is a word. When you are real to yourself, you are speaking to the people around you. You are saying that your life matters, that you love who you are. You are saying to others that you are not going to treat them differently. That you are going to treat them the way you treat yourself.

When you empower people with your words, you are saying to them that their lives matter to you, that you will do whatever you can to make their dreams possible. When you say positive things about people, you are saying to other people that positive things matter to you, too.

If you want to invite peace into your life, you can do that by speaking words that will bring peace to you and other people. You can it.

How Great Leaders Empower Employees

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‘Good leaders hear the needs of their employees, great leaders actively listen and care.’

‘Feedback conversations don’t have to occur in an annual review and don’t have to happen constantly. They have to happen in a collaborative and relevant way so that it matches both the work and career goals.’

‘Putting a sound strategy in place doesn’t do much if you’re not following up with with a targeted action plan.’

‘Don’t wait for the annual performance review to evaluate and let go of poor performers.’

‘Organizations and their leaders should worry less about compliance, ranking, and reviews and more about the big picture, creating a culture of coaching and feedback that empowers employees to use their skills and talents to support the company’s goals while also achieving their own.’

‘Performance enablement is a new and far better path toward organizational effectiveness and employee satisfaction than old-fashioned performance management.’

‘Employee goals should be agile and tied to the company’s top-level goals and should cover personal development and help employees strive to do more with their careers.’

‘A plan that suits your organization can open the eyes of everyone, from the newest hire to the executive, to how they can secure more effective training, how the company can reenvision its goals, and essentially how the individual and the institution can serve one another more effectively.’

‘The key to effective use of a people development plan is communication. Maximize effective interactions between managers and employees, and ensure that executives are accessible to all.’

‘Offering feedback in the flow of work helps you address behaviors in real time. Employee will make a better connection between what you’re telling them and how they can improve moving forward.’

‘The greatest leaders enable others to disrupt the status quo and facilitate growth, innovation, and change.’

Source

Doug Dennerline, Jamie Aitken (2023). Make Work Better: Revolutionizing How Great Bosses Lead, Give Feedback, and Empower Employees