Mark your calendars for National Boss Day on October 16th! In honor of the upcoming office holiday, we’re diving into what it means to be a strong, dynamic leader in the workplace by developing must-have soft skills.
Leadership isn’t in most job titles. It’s a mindset. An ideology that defines how you operate daily. This is where leadership is differentiated from management. Management is simply organizational, leadership represents identity.
Here at IDR, we live and breathe our “Be A Boss” core value (check out the other 3). We’re convinced that everyone in our employee-owned family has a boss inside them. It’s all about having that ownership mindset, taking responsibility, and giving it your all. These qualities are the secret sauce behind our collective triumphs.
But wait, there’s more fun stuff! We’re all about sharing the success pie, and that’s why we offer our employees a chance to jump aboard our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). It’s like a thrilling rollercoaster where your performance and engagement ride shotgun with the company’s financial gains, taking you to exciting places.
So, in a nutshell, “Be A Boss” is our way of saying, “Embrace the boss within, take charge, and enjoy the ride!” If you like what you hear and want to improve on your “Boss” skills, keep reading for our favorite boss-defining leadership soft skills:
Your team is always communicating, whether intentionally or otherwise. It’s your job as a leader to pick up what’s said, shown, and felt between all the lines. This will help you understand the needs of your team on a deeper level.
Empowering your team is more than passing the buck and saying, “Go get ‘em.” It’s telling and showing them that you have no doubt they can do what is required, gently redirecting them when they miss the mark, and getting your hands dirty to do it with them when needed.
If it were easy, everyone would do it. Creative problem-solving requires energy, humility, and a willing openness. Sure, you could get it wrong, and your team may see you fail. But they would also be there for the comeback when it all falls into place because you thought outside of the box.
It is far more productive to be consumed with where you’re going next than bogged down by where you were yesterday. Shape what happens today to meet or surpass the mark of where your team and your company are going tomorrow.
To learn more about the IDR POV on leadership, ownership, and investing in your team, read up on our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) here.
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