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Do you know any business leaders who need help creating a culture where people thrive?

We are here to help!



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Always About People We help create cultures where people thrive

- Ensure people feel valued.

If you make people feel valued when you meet with them (virtually or in person), then meetings are not as daunting. They could even be fun! If people feel valued, they are more likely to feel they can speak up and contribute. Even if their contribution is not needed in a meeting, feeling valued will create good energy and happier faces. While the structure of the meeting, the agenda, and honoring time is important, none of those are as important as the culture you create as a leader. Your culture creates the ability for employees to contribute (or not), enjoy (or not), and progress (or not) with every meeting you have.

If your meetings are not going well, ask yourself how well you are making those people feel valued.

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My last post hit the highlights of valuing people and regaining clarity for a zoom-weary team (or any other stressor). Here are more specifics to help you meet those needs and structure your meeting, in order to

The people on your team need to hear (and see) …

1-You value them - Express gratitude. Be as specific as possible to each person or team (depending on size/time) and let them know you appreciate the hours, sacrifices, lost sleep, stress, etc.

2-You know what’s going on - State the obvious reality: you know it’s been a stressful season. Be specific, without focusing too long on the negative situation/stressor/problem.

3- You are fighting for them - Celebrate what you can/focus on the positive.
It can be easy to forget what we (as an organization) are trying to accomplish and why we are doing it. We are still trying to ... restate your mission and vision to the team. Remind them WHY you all are doing this, and that you’re doing this together. Restate your BELIEF in the team (we can all work through this together...)

4-You are working on a plan to help them - Walk through your plan and ask for their help. Layout the steps you have taken to this point and tell them this is where you need their help. There are several other great posts in that give you specific lists and details on how to improve the agenda of a meeting, if you need that as part of your plan.

5-You need them - acknowledge you could not do this without them. Ask for their ideas/solutions and ask if they know anyone who could help or be hired (if applicable to the stressor that is affecting your team).

In wrapping up, restate your understanding of the situation, your gratitude for them, and your willingness to hear their ideas/suggestions. Valuing people and regaining clarity will help you meet the needs of your team as you .

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Help! We’re Zoomed-out over here!

We’re all feeling it. We’re all adjusting to this new “meet from home” way of working. And even if your team is winning with Zoom meetings, there is likely something else causing stress in or from your meetings. I want to share 5 quick thoughts on how to value the people on your team and regain clarity when they are showing signs of wear-down from online meetings (or anything else!), so we can all better!

The people on your team need to see and hear directly from Leadership…
1-The team needs to hear that you value them
2-The team needs to hear that you know what’s going on
3-The team needs to hear that you are fighting for them
4-The team needs to hear that you are working on a plan to help them
5-The team needs to hear that you need them

In future posts, I will share more specifics on how to meet these needs in your meetings, but this can get you ideating!

What an honor to join Steve for a conversation about people and culture.

In episode 101 of the Loan Officer Leadership Podcast, Steve Kyles and Chris Allen talk culture building, helping others thrive and how leadership's belief systems affect teams. You'll learn bits about Chris' journey and how it has shaped his passion for people and helping companies ultimately grow their culture for the better.

We can often be subject to the "that's how we do things around here" mentality. Unfortunately, this doesn't align with positive company culture or helping others around you grow. We must be intentional about what we tolerate in our organizations as well as being intentional about helping our teams believe in their ability to thrive.

Check out Always About People, LLC to learn more!
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Listen to episode 101 here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loan-officer-leadership/id1018262895#episodeGuid=1TcTeWsKa

People Who Adopt This Powerful 3-Word Habit Have Very High Emotional Intelligence

"I love you." - Do you think this phrase belongs in the workplace?

"it is uncanny how just thinking this way about your relationship with people improves things as a result...I'm talking about an overall, platonic love for fellow human beings. I found that doing this habitually triggered several natural behaviors -- all of which happen to be the kinds of things that people with high levels of emotional intelligence do."

1. Focused attention
2. Patience and Silence
3. Active interest and listening

I love "joe"!

We could really use these 3 words in every aspect of our culture today! I dare you to try.



https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/people-who-adopt-this-powerful-3-word-habit-have-very-high-emotional-intelligence.html

People Who Adopt This Powerful 3-Word Habit Have Very High Emotional Intelligence Yes, you should use them. But don't say them out loud. Things could get weird, fast.

What you believe about someone will influence how they believe in themselves.

Verbalize your belief in someone today!

If You're Smart Enough to Do These 4 Things, Your Leadership Skills Are Above Average

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Leaders, are you being intentional about trust in your team?

1. Assess trust. Is the team behaving in alignment with values? Are you tolerating anything right now?

2. Be trusting. Believe the best even before people “earn” it.

3. Include. People feel trusted when they are asked to participate in decisions, solutions, strategies, etc.

4. Talk about it. Be vulnerable. Discuss trust. Communicate fears, insecurities, questions, concerns, beliefs and assumptions. Your inner fears that degrade trust may be false.

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If You're Smart Enough to Do These 4 Things, Your Leadership Skills Are Above Average A team with high trust will produce results faster and at a lower cost. How do you measure up?What does it take to be a great leader of people today? The starting point, which I've preached from virtual speaking platforms many times over, remains clear: to create the conditions necessary for superio...

Are you honoring those around you?

- Honor allows you to keep high levels of value for people.
- Honor believes the best in people.
- Honor retains faith in people.
- Honor allows you to encourage someone in one moment and hold someone accountable in another.
- Honor gives you the right to call someone out.

💥Often our own fears and insecurities instigate dishonor!

✔️☑️✅ Check yourself

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Embrace the Inconvenient!

In 2009 I was in Uganda with a group from Charlotte, NC. Pat and I were sitting together on a bus somewhere in Kampala. He was telling me about how he had intentionally made a commitment for 12 months to stop what he was doing any time someone needed him. He talked about being interrupted in the middle of tasks, phone calls that he answered when it wasn't the "right" time and embracing the inconvenience of conversations. Pat challenged me on that bus. 12 years later...I'm still challenged.

To leaders, founders, mothers, fathers, colleagues, teammates, siblings...I challenge you today.

In this new world we are living in, embrace the interruptions and the inconvenient!

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Always About People, LLC updated their business hours.

Always About People, LLC updated their website address.

Always About People, LLC updated their website address.