Guest post written by Katie Conroy at advicemine.com
To succeed as a business leader, it’s important to avoid three surefire derailers and take steps
to improve your leadership skills and behaviors. Depending on your strengths and weaknesses
as a leader, this may mean building self-awareness and improving your emotional intelligence, fighting the urge to micromanage employees, and finding the motivation you need to be the best
business leader you can possibly be. Artemiste shares some tips for improving your
leadership skills and avoiding these three common derailers, so read on!
Low Emotional Intelligence
According to Dori Meinert of SHRM, emotional intelligence (EQ) is the key to successful
leadership — and leaders that lack this important ability are said to reduce workplace
productivity and decrease employee morale. But fortunately, improving your EQ is possible.
Artemiste offers online courses to help you become more self-aware, empathetic, and sensitive
to the needs of your peers and employees. Additional courses and activities are offered on
leadership development, communication skills, creativity, and many other business topics.
Moreover, continuing your education and completing a master’s of business administration
(MBA) program could also help to improve your emotional intelligence and make you a better
leader overall. MBA programs cover everything business professionals need to succeed in the
workplace, helping you and other leaders to learn key leadership and management skills, build
self-awareness, and develop the ability to self-assess.
Some other opportunities for self-improvement and continuous learning include:
● Requesting honest feedback from peers, employees, and other managers.
● Showing compassion to yourself and your employees.
● Remaining open to new challenges and ideas.
Micromanaging Employees
Micromanagement has its place in certain professional situations, but this controlling
management style often leads to negative employee morale and a lack of trust in the workplace.
New employees may benefit from being micromanaged for several months, but macro-
management is better suited for trusted workers or larger teams.
To keep yourself from micromanaging your workers, Max Freedman of Business News Daily
offers several recommendations. Firstly, it’s important to set deadlines and goals for your
employees and avoid providing feedback until the completed work has been delivered. And
secondly, let workers know they can come to you for assistance if they need it — but avoid
stepping in unless you’re asked to do so.
Lack of Motivation to Succeed
Leaders that lack motivation are detrimental to the companies they work for, as well as the
employees and teams they manage. If business leaders aren’t motivated to succeed or
accomplish workplace goals, then the teams they manage may not be either.
If you’re suffering from a lack of motivation, there are some things you can do to get your
motivation back and hold onto it for good.
Here are a few tips from Employment Hero:
● Take the time to remember why you’re doing what you’re doing, and what you enjoy
most about your career.
● Set a few objectives and key results (OKRs) to work toward.
● Celebrate your accomplishments and reward yourself for a job well done.
● Delegate tasks when necessary.
● Find and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
● Plan wellness activities for yourself and the rest of your team.
To succeed as a business leader, these three common derailers must be avoided as best as
possible. Successful leaders are motivated, emotionally intelligent, and able to delegate tasks to
trusted employees, but micromanaging, a lack of motivation, and low emotional intelligence can
easily lead to leadership derailment.
Fortunately, these three common derailers can be avoided
– especially if you continually work to improve yourself as a person and business leader.
Artemiste helps companies build an exceptional employment experience.
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