Team Communication Will Help Recession-Proof Your Business

Do you know where people’s real strengths lie, and why certain people or teams perform well, and why others constantly battle each other, or you?

Have you got a good understanding of yourself as a leader and the different personalities in your organisation?

If you want to be recession proof and be able to grow your business then you need to be aware of how you behave as a leader, but also how your team operate together at their best, who might need management and who you need to plug any gaps that you may have. 

How do you all fit together? 

Understanding the personality types in your organisation means that you can easily map out the distribution of the tasks to the correct team members who are not only capable of completing the task well, but that they will enjoy doing it too - as it is working to their strengths. 

Learning how to liberate your team, and enable them to work to their natural skills and talents will create happier, more motivated, more productive teams who will want to stick around.

- better leadership means

- better team dynamics and

- reduce staff turnover and sickness

Are you seeing them?

But are you REALLY seeing them? 

Do you recognise when they are underperforming, or that they are operating under extreme stress? 

Are you aware of the warning signs that things may not be tickety boo?

We all fall into certain personality types and our behaviour will change in extreme situations. 

As a Connector/Creative/Nurturer* (ENFJ) at nature I know I am an effusive and persuasive communicator, connecting the right people and resources to deliver my vision of the future.  I also know that I am a natural people pleaser and can often say yes to everything, and fail to bring effective challenge to those I care about. I can be too nice, and take the burden on myself. Knowing this, I can spot the signs, and put measures in place to curb the unhealthy tendencies and lean more into my own strengths. My team also know this about me and are better placed to support me - as I am them. 

Do you know how your behaviour under extreme stress can affect your team? 

I recently delivered a workshop for a group of leaders to uncover everyone’s key strengths and weaknesses. As we talked about how they behave under extreme stress for the group they all felt exposed and vulnerable.  Some of the information was sobering to say the least,  not only because it hit the nail on the head but also admitting that you behave in a certain way can be a tough pill to swallow. 

But knowledge is power.

So despite the cringe, a little nervous laughter and being laid bare, having this knowledge is SO empowering. As a leader, a team member, and also being to recognise when you may need to react appropriately in certain situations.  

One leader laughed nervously and said ‘for the first time in my life I feel seen. It feels strange, but really good’

Being able to spot when a team member is under stress and being equipped with the knowledge on how to deal with the situation with grace and empathy is extremely empowering. 

We are all only human after all. 

Understand your natural leadership voice

Once you have the keys to unlock your potential and understand your own leadership voice you will be much better equipped to unlock the potential in your team too.

You will better understand what it's like to be on the 'other side of you'

Your team will understand each other, be better able to work together and you will get the best out of each team member.

If you want to SEE your team  and be able to be the leader you aspire to be whilst promoting team collaboration then the team performance coaching within the 5 Voices framework would work well for your organisation.

Send usan email to hear more about our workshops and how we can benefit you and your team. 

* If you’d like to know your own 5Voices Leadership Voice, take my free assessment here.