How Do You Spell High School?
If some of your employees make excuses and blame others, you can improve your Leadership Coaching skills by teaching them to spell High School…
High School is spelled “O-V-E-R.” IT’S OVER!
Since High School is OVER, employees should avoid bringing this behavior to the workplace. When employees make excuses and blame others, they are not meeting the organization's or your expectations. Consequently, when the manager makes excuses or blames others, they do not meet the employee’s or the organization’s expectations.
The Ladder of Accountability model applies this concept to coach employees on accountability by owning each issue and finding solutions. “Owning it” and “Finding Solutions” ensures that your employees are meeting the expectations of the organization and your expectations.
To assist managers coaching their employees, they can apply the Four of the Five Elements of Nature to leadership best practices:
1. Air (大気 ): Find Solutions- Managers can use the Air element to exercise their faith and trust in their employees to make the correct decisions when using the Ladder of Accountability.
2. Fire (火): Own It- The Fire element will assist managers with using the energy of their signature of excellence to take action to provide a positive customer and employee experience in their organization.
3. Water ( 水): Acknowledge Reality- Managers can embrace the Water element to guide employees to become critical thinkers by asking questions instead of telling the employee what to do. When using the Water element, managers must use their creativity to guide employees to flow into action!
4. Earth (土): Meeting Expectations- When using the Earth element, managers will need to ground their mindset to coach their employees into becoming critical thinkers when using the Ladder of Accountability.
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Do you have employees who make excuses for coming to work late?
Do some of your employees blame others for not completing their tasks?
By: Dr. David Jackson
Date: Tuesday, September, 5, 2023
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