Leadership behaviours that are needed to improve the work environment include
inspiring a shared vision, enabling others to act, and encouraging the heart. It is clear
from the Employee Engagement Survey that the company has issues regarding trust
in leadership. Many employees feel that leaders make decisions not based on ethics
and values. To remedy this, creating a set of values and encouraging all to work
together using these values will help the company grow in a positive way.
Work is needed in regards to leader relations with employees. Employees feel
that their supervisors do not act ethically, utilize their skills, nor support or care
about them. Leaders should be providing an inclusive environment engaging in
dialogue with employees on career coals. This is reflected by a 36% positivity rating
when employees are asked “provides an inclusive environment where each employee
is considered as an individual.” These are serious issues regarding lack of leadership
as the company is trying to expand into a different region. They will run into issues if
effective leadership skills are not implemented.
This toolkit should involve communication skills, leadership training, and
continuing to respect diversity. Communication skills are needed to ensure goals and
expectations are clearly defined. Communication skills especially from leaders are
needed. When communication skills improve between leaders and workers, trust
may improve. One tool my company has used is ‘people styles.’ People styles
increases self-awareness and helps us understand how to communicate with
different styles. Leadership training should involve ethics as many workers don’t
believe their leaders act in ethical ways. With effective leadership training employees
can start to feel more appreciated for their work and heard by the employer.
Creating an inclusive environment will help business as people can feel comfortable
sharing ideas with various people.
Improvements in the recommended leadership skills involving communication
and leadership skills will ultimately help the company grow and be successful. By
Encouraging the Heart, leaders can authentically show appreciation for individual and
team excellence. This will cause employees to feel valued and appreciated, and will
make them work harder One way the company can show appreciation for employees
is by providing more time off. This will help employees feel more cared for. My
company did that during the pandemic to show appreciation for employees as it was
a stressful time for all. By having leaders re-align their values with workers will
ultimately help the bottom line and improve workers’ belief that leaders are acting
ethically. c The leadership training should encourage listening to other ideas. This will
help create an open, supportive, and team-oriented atmosphere.
