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1. How to discover what your team expect from you

3 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief leadership video, the speaker emphasizes that a single leadership style cannot suit the varied personalities within a team. Treating everyone the same can lead to demotivation, poor performance, and turnover. To begin tailoring management, the speaker proposes asking each new team member the simple question, “How do you like to be managed?” This one‑on‑one inquiry signals care, flexibility, and helps both manager and employee gain clearer expectations. The speaker encourages viewers to try the approach, share their experiences in the comments, and engage with the channel through likes, shares, and follows.

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There are lots of different types of personalities at work. One leadership style doesn't fit all. So what are you supposed to do? I thought I had to treat everyone the same, no? Doing this can create bad feeling, demotivation, poor results, and even cause people to leave. People are not the same. There's a simple question that can help you start to decode what people need, and it's this: How do you like to be managed? You ever been asked that? Particularly when you ask this with new team members one-to-one, it demonstrates care, attention, and flexibility, makes motivation easier, and gives you and your team some control and flexibility. Give it a try. Let me know how you get on in the comments. Don't forget, like, share, follow for more leadership hacks.