Reinforce Team Capabilities

Quick reference

• 00:04 In this video, we're talking about reinforcing your team's capabilities.
• 00:09 Reinforce your team capabilities.
• 00:11 Because here's what I tell my clients.
• 00:13 There is no force more powerful than that of a cohesive team.
• 00:19 And when team self-esteem is up, so is your productivity.
• 00:24 So we want to reinforce what they're doing well and excel at, okay?
• 00:29 And we want to reassign positions as need be to capitalize on your team
• 00:34 members strengths, right?
• 00:36 If your team, remember that example that I used in one of the other videos,
• 00:40 they took an accountant and put them in customer service?
• 00:43 Okay, not the best use of that person's capabilities.
• 00:46 Right?
• 00:47 So as you get to know your team members, and their strengths and
• 00:51 their capabilities, put them where they're going to be most effective for
• 00:56 your team to work cohesively and get you guys to your goal.
• 00:59 Next, you want to point out the potential that we see in the team member.
• 01:05 As a coach,
• 01:05 sometimes I see potential in my clients that they don't even see in themselves.
• 01:10 So there's that supportive aspect of hey, you've got these capabilities, right?
• 01:16 And sometimes we have to make ourselves these coaches, right?
• 01:19 And when we're leaders, we have to coach them.
• 01:21 Hey, you're great at X, Y and Z.
• 01:24 That's why you're in this position.
• 01:26 Let's see what you got, okay?
• 01:29 And next, verbal or written acknowledgment.
• 01:33 We all have a need as humans to be acknowledged, don't we?
• 01:38 There's something in us that wants to have some sort of acknowledgment,
• 01:42 either big or small.
• 01:43 And if it's not acknowledgment, at least to be needed.
• 01:46 So what's great as leaders,
• 01:48 if we just give those people a little something verbal like hey, nice work.
• 01:53 Or write a little note, hey, great job on that project.
• 01:57 Now we're starting to build that relationship, and
• 02:00 those little things go a long way, right?
• 02:03 Because remember in one of the earlier videos we talked about what our team
• 02:06 members want.
• 02:07 They wanna be cared for.
• 02:08 They wanna feel like you care.
• 02:10 So when they do something well, reinforce that behavior.
• 02:15 Hey, nice work, great presentation last week, good job in closing X deal.
• 02:21 Okay, these things, we get bogged down with so much that we do, but
• 02:25 when we remember to do this stuff and
• 02:27 take care of our team, it's going to help us get done what we need to get done.
• 02:32 Okay?
• 02:33 Awesome.
• 02:34 And when it comes to innovation, this is big.
• 02:37 We touched on this slightly before.
• 02:39 Make it okay for them to fail.
• 02:42 Within limits, of course, but if you do not change and
• 02:46 innovate in your company, your organization is done.
• 02:50 In the next video, we're gonna look at a couple examples of that, okay?
• 02:54 Because here's what's real, here's what we know about business.
• 02:57 What worked in the past will not always work in the future.
• 03:02 Okay?
• 03:03 And especially if we get an authoritative mindset and
• 03:07 style of leadership, it's very hard to change those, isn't it?
• 03:13 There's a lot of red tape that goes into changing that stuff.
• 03:15 So we really need to start taking a look at that and saying, okay,
• 03:18 well even if we're working within those confines,
• 03:21 let's set up some guidelines so that hey, they can experiment, right?
• 03:25 To set up an experimental department, maybe, where that's all they're doing,
• 03:29 is trying and failing all day, right?
• 03:32 And they're in the little lab making things happen, okay?
• 03:36 Good.
• 03:36 So let's recap reinforced team capabilities.
• 03:40 There is no force more powerful than that of a cohesive team.
• 03:44 And when your team self-esteem is up, so is your productivity.
• 03:48 That's what's important.
• 03:50 So you want to reinforce what they're doing well and excel at, and
• 03:54 reassign positions as needed to capitalize on those team members' strengths.
• 03:59 And then you want to point out the potential that we see in each team member,
• 04:04 right?
• 04:05 Because we may see potential in our staff that they don't see in themselves.
• 04:09 Give them verbal or written acknowledgement.
• 04:12 Make them feel cared for, right?
• 04:15 Nice work, great job on X project last week.
• 04:18 And when innovating, make it okay to fail, within limits, right?
• 04:22 Because if we don't change and innovate, our organization is done, all right?
• 04:28 Good stuff.
• 04:29 You guys got this.
• 04:30 We'll see you in the next video.

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