Clearly
communicate it and empower everybody to do a better job
Think about an upcoming project on your calendar. Look at what kind of
requests might come to you, or what kind of requests you’re going to have to
make of others, Use the following tips and see if you don’t get the results you were looking for!!!
#1- Create
a visual association for every outcome your team is expected to have.
Don’t
just tell team members to get you a report—tell them you want a four-page
PowerPoint deck that has a graphic meant to illustrate all the data, and no
more than six words per slide, or tell them you want a twelve-point one page
Microsoft Xcel spreadsheet. Something that helps you both creates that visual
association. Don’t tell team members to do just a better job; tell them what a
better job looks like and how you are going to measure it.
#2- Get
reflection.
People
come from different countries, they come from parents, and they come from
different places of understanding. So, what you said isn’t going to drive the action
on your team; what people heard will. You need to have them reflect back to you
what they’ve heard. When you state and request your commitments with a visual
association, and you get reflection, you’re going to get better outcomes.
By
Henry Evans