There are various factors that affect business and make it successful. Leadership skills is one of the factors. Leaders are always working on innovation to stay ahead of the competition. Leaders do not solely depend on technology developments. To create a motivated organization, they work on creating the right mindset. This Transformation Tuesday, let us look at the five mindset shifts required by leaders to make business successful:
Focus on purpose and not the numbers
Leaders should focus on delivering the results to the customers. Leaders help develop a mindset where the teams think if they are adding value to the customers? This mindset will not only allow organizations to define and understand useful measures of success, but also dig deep to understand if they are serving the purpose.
Break traditional hierarchies and focus on networking
Allow teams to collaborate and work together thus leading to innovation. Remove the traditional system of hierarchy. This will make the employees feel more valued and important. As a result, they will be motivated to perform better and contribute to the success of the organisation.
Empower your teams
When employees feel encouraged to act, make decisions and provide feedback, they are more likely to perform better and create value for the organization. Leaders should invest in training and career development of the teams, thus leading to more success and growth of the organization.
Drive teams to test new ideas
It is the leader’s responsibility to drive teams to take that risk and experiment and innovate. Leader should help teams build a mindset that helps them to experiment and fill the gap between opportunity and success. Without taking risks, organizations cannot progress and transform. So leaders should help teams to build risk taking mindset that experiment to develop innovative products and solutions.
Be transparent
Leaders should work towards building a mindset where all the lines of communication are open, there is no traditional hierarchy, there is transparency in the system and the employees can move forward. This can be a challenge at times, but a progressive organization will always act based on the data and the feedback (positive or negative).
For the teams to perform to the fullest, leaders need to identify their mindsets and transform the organizations accordingly. The more we empower teams, motivate them, the more we can promote innovation and valuable developments. So, follow the quote – “To change your life, you have to change yourself. To change yourself, you have to change your mindset”
Written & Compiled by Faber Mayuri
