This is a great time for those with leadership skills. Someone who can offer valid opportunities and support to make things happen will find a following of people ready to sign on.

It is sad to see someone consumed by predators who are only interested in making a fast buck. Like parasites, they attach themselves, suck out their reward and leave their host worse off then they found them.

Leaders on the other hand build people up with new skills and talents. They encourage their followers even when mistakes are made. They turn the error into training and a learning experience. Leaders give gifts, which to many, are greater then gold. They offer praise and encouragement.

True leaders are generous and love to serve others. They are filled with joy when they see people succeed at their endeavors. They do not need to scold, belittle or shame people into following. Leaders inspire, encourage and build up others.

Leaders are trained rather then born. They study leadership with passion and thirst. They know education will make them stronger and more capable to empower others.

If you are willing to do the work, others will follow.

Please become a leader. We need you.

Ken Bear Cole

A Second Look Business Consulting LLC

Threats, spoken or not, will achieve the opposite effect. They will cause an automatic reaction in your employee’s brain, which will cause then to make more errors and cut off their problem solving skills.

Unexplained closed-door meetings are like introducing the flu to the group. Some employees feel secure with their job and will not react, while others will need to take a sick day and upgrade their resume. An information vacuum will suck the life from your workers and replace it with fear.

Your team needs the nutrition of appreciation and encouragement to grow to their potential. You can transform a lagging employee with a simple, “Good Job” or “Thank You.” Utilizing appreciation will make your job much easier. You will also find that appreciation is contagious. You will find your team working together rather then protecting their work by sabotaging others.

It would be easier to work with machines, because they do not have emotions. Simply add a little lubrication now and then, and they will work well for years. Your job as a manager of living, breathing employees, is much more challenging then that of a mechanic. So treat them with respect. They are your number one assets!

Ken Bear Cole

A Second Look Business Consulting LLC.