The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming a Great Leader by Vince Molinaro

Author:Vince Molinaro [Molinaro, Vince]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2013-07-15T14:00:00+00:00

Your Obligation to Your Employees

As a leader, you also have an obligation to your employees. This means committing to creating a positive leadership experience for them by establishing a compelling culture—a work environment based on respect and dignity that encourages a positive working relationship, celebrates success, and makes employees feel valued. It also means making tough but important decisions that will protect the health of your organization’s culture.

When you create a compelling culture, your employees will be fully engaged and your customers will feel that engagement. I have learned that a positive leadership experience translates into a positive employee experience, which in turn creates a strong customer experience.

As a leader you also have an obligation to make sure your employees understand the company’s strategy so that they understand how their work contributes to the overall success of your organization. This is what makes work meaningful.

Once you ensure that employees have clarity, you then must support them in their ability to get work done. This means you need to remove obstacles that impede their performance and you need to support their ongoing development and growth.

In the end you need to love helping people grow by challenging and stretching them. You can’t own the success or engagement of your employees—they have their part to play. But you certainly do own creating the conditions for employees to thrive. You must pay attention to their own career development by having career discussions. Think of your own experiences when you’ve been at your best as an employee. Chances are you had a leader who took her obligation to her employees as seriously as every other obligation she had. She focused on your personal growth and career development.

Think of your current role and ask yourself: How am I living up to my obligation to my employees?

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