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Renee called us with her bigg question. She’s been a manager for a few months. She’s having trouble getting all of her work done because her employees keep coming to her with problems that they could easily solve themselves. She feels herself getting more and more stressed about this situation. She wants our suggestions.
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Results, not tasks
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Renee, you’re not alone. This is a common problem with first-time managers. I’ve fought this myself. We’re told, “If you want the job done right, do it yourself.” So we don’t empower people like we need to so they feel comfortable making decisions. We need to help our people build their personal leadership skills.
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You do that by focusing on the results, not the tasks. It’s a conversation about the “what”, not the “how”. What are you trying to achieve as a group? Then break your overall plan into who is to do what by when.
Now every individual in your charge knows for what they’re responsible. Be sure they (and their peers) know they have the authority to do what needs to be done to reach the desired result.
Let them know you believe in them. Tell them you’re there to help them when they run into something they can’t solve on their own. However, there are two guiding principles when they think they need your help.
1st – If we’ve discussed it before, follow the precedent.
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There’s no need to rehash old turf. I want my people to show me that they can learn. I’ll tell them exactly that!
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You don’t want to hit your head into the same wall again and again. There will be challenges. Let’s make them new ones! I’m here to help you as long as we aren’t just dealing with the same old problem stated in a different way.
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2nd – When you present a problem, offer a solution.
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I remember discovering this principle, for exactly the reason Renee is saying in her question. I had to find an answer for people constantly bringing up problems without taking any responsibility for the solution. This guiding principle took care of that.
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Helping your people develop their personal leadership skills leads to bigg success … for them and for you!
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What have you done to get your people to take a leadership role?
Please share that with us by leaving a comment below, calling us at 877.988.BIGG(2444) or sending us an e-mail at bigginfo@biggsuccess.com.
Thanks so much for the gift of your time today. Please join us next time when we talk with a person who used vision boards to reach bigg success. Until then, here’s to your bigg success!
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You probably intuitively know this but studies have proven it as well – our willingness to take risks declines with age. A banker we know says that the difference between junior lenders and senior lenders is …
Junior lenders want as high a lending authority as possible because that shows confidence in their abilities. Senior lenders want as low a lending authority as possible because that gives them cover!
Scientists at the University of Cambridge recently released a study on “cold” and “hot” decisions by two groups – managers and entrepreneurs. By their definition, “cold” decisions involve little emotional involvement whereas “hot” decisions involved taking risk. The outcome of these hot decisions is unknown in advance; it could go either way – good or bad.
Both the managers and the entrepreneurs in the study were about 50 years old, on average. The researchers found that the managers took risks consistent with their age.
Entrepreneurs, however, made hot decisions – accepted risk – like someone twenty years younger.
So we can only conclude that entrepreneurship is the fountain of youth. By taking risks, we act younger than we are!
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I thought taking risk was the cause of some of the gray hairs I have to cover!
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And I thought it was the reason I have a lot less hair than I used to!
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We know that, right now, a lot of us aren’t in a risk-taking mood. But if the past is any indicator, it will be risk-taking entrepreneurs that turn our economy around and start creating jobs.
Risk-taking can be learned
This study also showed that risk-taking can be learned. So you can tap into the fountain of youth by learning how entrepreneurs are able to manage the risk they take.
Contrary to popular belief, entrepreneurs aren’t risk lovers. They are willing to accept moderate risks, in general. However, as we see again in this study, they’re more willing to accept risk than the general population. We can think of four reasons why they do this:
Entrepreneurs may read the situation differently.
They often have insights that people on the outside don’t have so they’re able to interpret the situation differently. We may look at a situation and see a lot of risk. The entrepreneur knows it’s much less risky because of his or her unique knowledge.
Entrepreneurs aren’t paralyzed by risk.
Many people are willing to do everything right up to the point of taking action. They develop analysis paralysis and never pull the trigger. Entrepreneurs analyze to a point, but then they just go.
Entrepreneurs are often able to shift a portion of the risk to others.
It could be the firm’s employees, customers, vendors, or financiers. As entrepreneurs get others to buy in, no matter what the form, the level of risk they are taking goes down to a manageable level. Then they know they can act.
Entrepreneurs are able to handle and live with “entrepreneurial terror.”
Thank you so much for reading our post today. Join us next time when we talk about another study that shows that a happy friend is worth $20,000 in the bank! Until then, here’s to your bigg success!
A study by the United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics shows that men with good jobs live longer. Specifically, the research shows that men in “routine” jobs are nearly three times as likely to die before the age of 64 as men with higher managerial jobs.
You might think this is because managers earn more money than regular workers. While there may be a correlation with income, this research classifies occupations by characteristics. Two characteristics of the managerial jobs are control and security.
So if you want to live longer, get a good job. Get a job that gives you a higher degree of control over your own life and provides you with more security.
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Bigg success is life on your own terms. The five elements of bigg success are money, time, growth, work and play. Today we’ll focus on time. 
Renee called us with her bigg question. She’s been a manager for a few months. She’s having trouble getting all of her work done because her employees keep coming to her with problems that they could easily solve themselves. She feels herself getting more and more stressed about this situation. She wants our suggestions. 
Renee, you’re not alone. This is a common problem with first-time managers. I’ve fought this myself. We’re told, “If you want the job done right, do it yourself.” So we don’t empower people like we need to so they feel comfortable making decisions. We need to help our people build their personal leadership skills. 
You probably intuitively know this but studies have proven it as well – our willingness to take risks declines with age. A banker we know says that the difference between junior lenders and senior lenders is … 