Great Leadership
“Leaders, It’s Time to Unlock Your Team’s Hidden Potential” — Dan Murray-Serter
Great leadership isn’t about showcasing your own abilities—it’s about revealing the superpowers within your team. Here’s how to inspire greatness in others:
12 Actionable Tips to Empower Your Team:
1. Delegate stretch assignments
↳ Push them beyond their comfort zone
↳ Provide support, not solutions
2. Implement reverse mentoring
↳ Let junior members teach senior staff
↳ Validate their unique insights
3. Create “Innovation Days”
↳ Dedicate time for passion projects
↳ Showcase results company-wide
4. Use strength-based feedback
↳ Highlight what they do well
↳ Guide them to leverage these strengths
5. Establish peer recognition programs
↳ Encourage team members to celebrate each other
↳ Foster a culture of appreciation
6. Rotate leadership roles in meetings
↳ Give everyone a chance to lead
↳ Nurture hidden leadership skills
7. Implement 360-degree feedback
↳ Gather insights from all levels
↳ Help them see their impact
8. Create cross-functional projects
↳ Mix teams to spark new collaborations
↳ Reveal diverse skill sets
9. Encourage public speaking
↳ Have team members present their work
↳ Build confidence in their expertise
10. Set up skill-sharing workshops
↳ Let employees teach their specialties
↳ Validate their knowledge
11. Establish a “Failure Wall”
↳ Celebrate lessons learned from mistakes
↳ Encourage risk-taking and resilience
12. Personalize growth plans
↳ Co-create development goals
↳ Align personal aspirations with company needs
Remember: Your role is to be a talent revealer, not just a task assigner.
By showing your team what they’re capable of, you’re not just building a stronger workforce—you’re cultivating future leaders.
Best of LUCK as you
Labor Under Correct Knowledge…
Respectfully,
Rick Cox