Are you a mindful leader?
A Mindful leader is the one who has clear vision and leads with compassion and creativity. In a high performance workplace leadership should be able to foster innovation in an energized environment and at the same time being aware and present at the moment. It’s a challenge to be non-judgmental and mindful as a leader. Leaders should be more comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity and ready to initiate change. Leaders should be able to find unproductive patterns in themselves and in the workplace to respond effectively. Being able to engage employees and increasing their wellbeing and satisfaction is critical for a leader.
There should be a strong leadership from the top that engenders a shared belief in the importance of continuing improvement. Effective people strategies that enable leaders to communicate clearly with employees, and coach teams to fulfil their business objectives and solving disputes quickly are important.
To be successful in creating a high-performance workplace environment, everyone must be aware and clear of organizational goals and the processes that are in place to help them achieve those goals.
It is easy for team members to become distracted from their daily tasks, forgetting their vision and losing their motivation. It’s important to always challenge and encourage them to manage these problems.
Leaders should always be looking for changes in trends and marketplaces as the opportunities lies in there. When preparation and opportunity collide, you have a greater chance of achieving incredible success.
Leaders should keep looking ahead at all times and need to know where they are going.
Good leaders are meaning makers. Employees can be physically engaged but not emotionally.
Emotional commitment comes when
employees find personal meaning from the work they do and leaders can
facilitate that by knowing in what each employees find meaning with. Some may
find meaning in relationship, creativity, innovation, service, or reaching
goals. Employees should find their meaning through their work activities.
Also
it is important for leaders to encourage accountability. They should help
employees to be clear on expected outcomes and people are able to grade
themselves and know if they have hit the target or not.
Likewise, leaders need to avoid the short-term temptation to take
away employee accountability for their meaning. Employees should feel like they
have the agency to make choices that help them reach their desired
outcomes.