How To Be A Better Boss

Regardless of whether you run your own business, or you’re the manager of a certain department within a firm, it is important that you do all that you can to do your job the best way. There is so much competition out there, and if you’re not performing to the best of your ability – someone else will. Fortunately, there are plenty of things you can do to ensure that this doesn’t happen. Here is a little advice to help you along the way.  Read on for how to be a better boss.

Be more approachable

When managing employees, you will soon realize that every individual is different, and sooner or later one of them – if not more – will have a problem. They should feel as though they can come up and talk to you because that’s another reason you’re a boss. The last thing you want is an office full of employees who are too nervous or fearful to come and bring something to your attention. That’s not the vibe that you should be giving off at all, so be friendly, ask questions, and leave your door open when you’re not busy so they know they can approach you.

Improve your skill set

You’re in this line of work because it’s something that you’re passionate about and believe you can do, but that doesn’t mean that you know all there is to know either. There are so many areas of your skill set or technique that could be improved – like everyone else in the world. This doesn’t mean that you don’t know what you’re doing, it just means that you are willing to soak in as much productive information as you can. There are plenty of udemy courses that you can find online, so have a browse and see what you think will be helpful to you.

Give credit where it’s due

If you’ve managed to hit one of your targets during the week, and it was thanks to your team or someone in particular – let them know that they’ve done an awesome job and that you’re proud of them. It’s very easy to overlook employees sometimes and just see the good news. But remember, that good news has only come around because your team put in the work to get it. It’s important that you realize just how valuable your staff is – they are the ones that allow a business to grow and expand because you definitely couldn’t have done it all by yourself.

Create fun incentives

Sometimes, the moral of a team can get rather low. This can be for many different reasons – maybe the routine stays the same but it begins to get boring and people start slacking because of it. Whatever it may be, you should be the one to pick everyone back up and give them the drive that they need to perform better with enthusiasm. If that means having a short pep talk each morning, or once a week – so be it.

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Brandy is the wife to a carpenter/musician and the mother of 3 amazingly awesome homeschool/unschooled girls. Brandy is a Photographer as well as a Coach for the Weebellion as part of Rolling Rebellion Jr. Roller Derby. Brandy is passionate about many things and suffers from a very painful and degenerative neurological disease called CRPS/RSD.

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