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Another Great List

February 3rd, 2010 • Related • Filed Under

It’s amazing, when you begin looking for them, just how many lists you can find. Here’s one that I found through Twitter: a blog entry on Great Leadership by Dan McCarthy. Here’s the link.

This blog entry takes the Aretha Franklin song R-E-S-P-E-C-T, and uses it to show how leaders can show respect for their employees. It’s a super list, all about my favorite topic, people skills. Here’s just a sample, about manners, of all things, which the blogger depicts as a simple tool that can yield impressive results:

“P = Please and thank-you. As a manager, you don’t have to ask your employees to do anything – you can simply order them. As a leader, if you treat them as if they do have a choice, they’ll end up exceeding your expectations. Saying thanks and showing sincere appreciation is another way to show respect. Most managers think they do a good job at this…. most employees think they don’t. Try doing it until it feels like overkill, and then you can pull back if people start complaining (it’s never happened).”

Not all the suggestions in this list are this easy.  But like this one, they all involve paying attention to how you interact with people.

Many people in leadership positions simply don’t treat people as though they matter. The ideas in this blog entry will help you not be one of these leaders, who are inevitably less effective than they could be.

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