– Coming out of the last 18 months in the Non Profit world and returning to the Business World I have learned this one very clear lesson.
Empowering your people is vital to the success of the organization. Having worked in sales and management for over 15 years I have always built successful teams however, not until this last project did I manage with the goal of replacing myself. I have been coordinating 400 plus volunteers for a Church and our team in leadership developed and nurtured the concept of “giving ministry away”. This is done basically by growing and developing leaders from a vast pool of people by singling out their top three “gifts”, or internal personal motivators and plugging them into roles of service based fundamentally on those “gifts”. If you’ve ever heard of “working in your 10” , that is essentially what this process enables us to do for our people.
In this process you allow these folks to thrive in an area that they are perfect for , thereby creating a replacement for yourself in that area, so that you can move on and develop new ground. The end result of this style of leadership is an ever-growing and thriving enterprise in which much work gets done , due to people being equipped and empowered to thrive within their area of “10”. These valuable team players will have vision and motivation for their given area that will continually grow. As their leader all you have to do is encourage/coach them and resource them as their needs change.
Continue to manage in this manner and in short order you will have a large and very effective organization, producing huge impact on sales, influence, community, and any other area you desire to see changed.