Tips From Great Coaches to Business and Organization Leaders

This is the first three tips in what will be 10 tips for leaders of business and organizations taken from what great athletic team coaches do with their programs. If as a leader you can look at your organization as a team and get those in your program to look at themselves as part of a team, your group is going to be much more successful. These first 3 tips are helpful for all leaders and supervisors whether the group you head is thousands or 2. Maybe most important is all of us lead at least one person and those decisions might be the biggest ones for our individual successes.

Tip 1- Show up with a smile! Everyday you come into work show that you are excited to be there and passionate about what you are about to do! The best Coaches show up everyday like there is nowhere they would rather be. If you want the players to be enthusiastic about being there, you must be. Your team will feed off of your eagerness to be a part of this team and to be at training, this meeting or this game. For business leaders the people you guide will take their lead from the energy you bring into the workplace. Their excitement about the tasks ahead will be lifted by mirroring what they mirror from your smile. Show up with your smile because as a leader you want to be there facing the day with your team. You want your company workers to have a positive approach. It starts with your positivity about what we are going to accomplish today.

Tip 2- Set high standards and lay out a road map! If you want your team to achieve great accomplishments, goals and targets then the expectations and standards must be high. As their leader you must also fulfill these standards. Give your team the needed equipment and training both physically and mentally to reach the levels necessary to reach the goals and targets that have been set for individuals and groups. These standards are more meaningful when leaders encourage team members to be a part of setting the standards and figuring out the road map to achieve goals and targets. Teams, companies and organizations achieve greatly only when greatness is asked of them. So ask the questions but give them the material to find the answers that work!

Tip 3- Take stock of what your team has and build on the positives! Don’t waste time or energy on what your team does not have or what your competitors do have. Great leaders concentrate on how to make the most of the people and ingredients that are part of their program. Coaches and leaders are always trying to improve the situation of their program by training and enhancing their people and equipment. Top managers guide their team to make the most of what they have and face their challenges together. Your group makes progress when the team optimizes their components. It is a total negative to spend energy on what another team, business, or organization has to work for them. Get your team to be the best us!