Leaders consider creating a high-performing team the most. That’s every manager’s top priority, regardless of their distinctive strategies. Leading your team to success is the reason why you were hired. And your company is not paying attention to what has been achieved earlier but only looking towards the future. The task is unending and adopting effective ways to lead your HR team is a prerequisite towards matching every expectation.
To lead your team to success, you must first assume the managerial position psychologically. Accept that your decisions and deployed ways to lead are what make your team’s fate. Ineffective models will negatively affect every member of your team, down to the production scale, and the good ones would do the same with reverse effect.
Here are three ways to lead your HR team to success…..or to state it better here are the three ways that I keep reminding myself to use with my HR Team!
Inspire your team
Policies are fantastic and very instrumental; as a major force of keeping your team in shape. But your attitude speaks beyond those handbooks. You must be fair and lead by example;fully reflecting your rules. As a team leader, you don’t want to be involved in a lifestyle that would make your policies look unachievable or those that will reduce the value you are suppoting. HR managers represent the policies and most of the times they are seen as policy wonks. That’s exactly what it takes to be in your position; inspiring others to understand why HR manager is important. Your work should be geared towards the benefit of others, that’s how your leadership would be felt most.
Be a full partner
We are only able to work with individuals who are available and open to collaboration. As a manager, you can only lead your team to success by collaborating with every member of your team to find out what they expect from you or their needs. Collaboration is the most viable means of gaining more HR ideas and practices suitable for your team. Also, you should devote time to work with your team members, run trial programs with your team to assess suitable ideas, and initiate consultative group to support your planning processes. Don’t do all the planning alone and make your team look like they are empty heads. Your partnership with every member should be a process of building them and equally improving your experience. Share responsibilities among your team members to engage them in deeper roles.
Set SMART goals
Building a successful HR team begins with suitable goals. Goals are the only source of direction. No matter how hard working your team is, they would be prone to achieve very little or nothing without the right goals. Smart goals are goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-based. These qualities make your goal realistic while also encouraging your team to be successful. Your goal should also support better performance by being learning-oriented. It should also align with your level of performance and towards your organization’s ambitions.
Never said is easy to be in a senior level position…..however it is challenging and believe me after 19 years I am still learning on how to become a better manager and be considered as an HR role model for my team.
Yours Truly,
The BizandLove Lady!