Get to know your staff better

Program words of wisdom:-
Management is getting work done through other.

We spent most of our waking hours at work. Work should give meaning to our life even as it gives us an identity. Employee are happy when we find our work "meaningful" or more than"just a job". Key contributing factors Program Managers should know are good work environment and positive relationships with colleagues and managers who respect, recognise and acknowledge them and their values.

Know your teammates
Try checking if you know if your team mates are married? how many kids? where do they stay? It drove home a point- these are people you work with everyday and their families and loved ones are as important to them as your loved one are to you.

Make small talk
Make a mental note of what they say, sometimes, it's the little thing that matter. Hold a "not about work" tea-break discussion. It's amazing the number of things you can find out about the people you work with. It like opening a secret door to your people's hearts.

Break down barriers
We will become entwined with the lives of the people we work closely with, spending more time with your colleague than with your families. Understand peoples lives and giving them some leeway at times build bonds--it does not mean that we, as their leader, lose our objectivity.

Letting go
Leaders do feel resentful when someone they held close, leave the company. People also rally around good bosses and stay with them.

Tough love
A good leader sets things right, meaning " I care about you but I don't like the way you work, and if you don't change, we will have a difficult time working together in the future." A Program Manager need to be firm about what is acceptable behaviour from his team.

An attitude of gratitude
Seeing your team going the extra mile for you is a very humbling experience. What makes people do that for you? Good leaders are the ones who often say complimentary things about their team members, shaping and moulding their behaviour. Leaders see potential, capability and skill in their teams and encourage these aspects to grow.

Program Manager should be optimistically say " I am very blessed; I have a really great team.". Try it and see the results.


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