Enable Others to Act-
I feel encouraged to come up with new and better ways of doing
things.
Promotes an environment in which employees feel free to make
suggestions and complaints.
Yes, the leadership skill, enable others to act does align with specific
questions in the engagement survey. These questions include: “I feel
encouraged to come up with new and better ways of doing things”
and “Promotes an environment in which employees feel free to make
suggestions and complaints”. These questions convey the importance
in enabling others to act because they are not afraid to come up with
better ideas than their own leader because they are a team and if one
individual is successful the whole team will be. Furthermore, being
able to make suggestions and complaints are actions that many
employers don’t allow to happen and when they are encouraged the
supportive work environment, the great work ethic and better
outcomes for the team are all positively reinforced.
Inspire a Shared Vision-
I am proud to be a part of this company.
Provides an inclusive environment where each employee is
considered as an individual.
Yes, the leadership skill, inspire a shared vision does align with
behaviors identified for improvement in the engagement survey. For
example, “I am proud to be a part of this company.”, inspires a
healthy work environment to be a strong shared vision for the
company. In addition, when you are proud to be a part of a company
you choose to show it with others outside of the company because
you understand their morals and that they are supporting you within
your work life and personal life and this is what employers look for
when job searching.
Furthermore, “Provides an inclusive environment where each
employee is considered as an individual”, is also a behavior identified
for improvement in the engagement survey and aligns with the
leadership skill of inspiring a shared vision. For example, an employee
that is heard and understood is more likely to have trust and better
communication skills that a good team needs to be successful. These
correlate to each other strongly because if the vision of the company
is not shared for the simple purpose of bettering the work
environment then there will certainly be uncertainty in the rest of
the company’s vision and values.
