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Leveraging Up!
while pro-actively avoiding obstacles that prevent your team from
reaching their full potential.
Open-Mindedness is key to exploring new options. Instead of
focusing on one result, examine the surrounding factors. Taking time
to step back and observe the big picture in context and being open
to hearing all sides of a story will help you to reach an approach to
understanding how things truly work and how to improve them.
Feedback
As a leader, you should always be seeking to acquire
feedback from your team to evaluate the effectiveness and progress
of any process – especially when it is a new process that has been
put in place. Additionally, this is a great way to open conversations
about the performance of individuals in your team. Constant
evaluation is key to building a stronger workflow in your office.
Tips for Developing a Good
Feedback System
Be Approachable. If your team doesn’t see you as
approachable, it will hinder the amount of feedback and the
authenticity of what type of feedback you receive – whether it is about
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