EPM Assignment 2 - Anything Goes - T07
- 1. Effective People Management Assignment 2 (30%) Keann Chong Tanya Lai Lin Zicheng Vanessa Sng T07
- 2. The Way of the Shepherd Chapter 3: Help Your Sheep Identify With You Build trust with your followers by modelling authenticity, integrity, and compassion Set high standards of performance Relentlessly communicate your values and sense of mission Define the cause for your people and tell them where they fit in Remember that great leadership isn’t just professional; it’s personal
- 3. Build trust with your followers by modelling authenticity, integrity, and compassion Earn the respect of your followers. Once they respect you, they will not hesitate to trust you. By being authentic, having integrity, and being filled with compassion, people will know you mean what you say and that they can depend on you. Being compassionate causes your followers to be more open and accepting of you “ People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care”
- 4. Set high standards of performance By setting high standards, your followers will know that you don’t compromise. Setting a standard also gives your followers a guideline of what you expect of them. Increases the efficiency of the followers.
- 5. Relentless Communication In the book, it is stated that leaders should “ relentlessly communicate their values and sense of mission ”. This means that leaders have to constantly impress upon their team the personal traits these leaders have that qualify them to lead the team. This is a method that leaders use to ensure that team members know that they belong. They understand what their leader stood for , and they know that they can trust him/her . When a leader is trusted, people are free from fear and more assured , and this makes them more productive as they spend more time on tasks that actually matters to the company.
- 6. Relentless Communication Let’s look at a few examples of how leaders constantly reinforce messages: Adolf Hitler: He showed himself as a veteran of WWI and also a saviour who will bring Germany out of the economic crisis. Barack Obama: He reinforced the Idea that he can be trusted through stating his position on various political issues . A slogan of his “Yes We Can” also helps send a message that he will bring change to America.
- 7. Defining the Cause It is also stated that leaders should “ define the cause for their people and tell them where they fit in”. This meant that leaders have to communicate the objectives that have to be fulfilled clearly to their members, and make them feel like they belong. This is yet another way through which leaders ensure that their team members recognize why they are in a team. This helps them to understand the aims that they as a team have to achieve.
- 8. Defining the Cause One of the ways through which corporations make their employees feel that they belong is through the uniforms . This helps build a greater sense of belonging to the company, and make them aware of the role they have to play as an employee. Another way is through the use of meetings to define the objectives to be met or assignments to be done. This effectively presents the objectives to the employee in a clear manner . Also, employees will have to be aware of the job scope prior to applying for a position. This helps them understand the unique role they play in an organisation or team.
- 9. Remember that great leadership isn’t just professional; it’s personal Good Bad
- 10. Being Professional isn’t bad! Disciplined Sharp Efficient Smooth Good Work
- 12. Building Trust Setting Standards Communicating Values Defining Causes
- 13. Without a personal touch, your actions can be very: Empty Hypocritical Meaningless
- 14. You can’t guide from far away! People may not hear your message clearly They can choose to ignore you You are too far away to know what’s going on!
- 15. Don’t believe it? Great lessons Boring~ ZZzzz... ! ! ! !
- 16. If you take the time to be personal… People realise you care about them You can see how they feel about you You build bonds with your people (even if they disagree with you)
- 17. In summary… Five points to help your sheep identify with you Build trust with your followers Set high standards of performance Relentlessly communicate your values and sense of mission Define the cause Be personal! Not just professional!
Editor's Notes
- #4: Expand based on either Examples of people who earn respect of followers (like ziceng) or mine (Keann) was more like why you should do it, what happens if you do it, what happens if you don’t. Haha. Up to you! Rawr its quite common sense (: Make it fun haha cuz it’s a slidecast :D
- #5: Expand based on either Examples of people who earn respect of followers (like ziceng) or mine (Keann) was more like why you should do it, what happens if you do it, what happens if you don’t. Haha. Up to you! Rawr its quite common sense (: Make it fun haha cuz it’s a slidecast :D
- #12: Its all about the heart, taking care of your people. (pause). Okay, look at the pretty picture. Let’s move on.
- #13: Without the personal touch, you’ve got nothing
- #17: Give example for last point. Say you’re a boss. You take one of your workers out with you to lunch, so you can talk. Chances are, even if he is disagreeing with what you are teaching him (he probably won’t say it because you’re his boss),he’ll remember that you took him out, that you spent time with him, and he’s gonna be more inclined to follow you, and agree with you, next time, because you have bonded.They know you now,and that’s the whole point of this chapter. You can’t do it from far away.
- #18: So once again, if you’ve forgotten everything we’ve said, here’s a summary in point form. (Goes through points). Now just remember these,(activate smiley) and you should have no problems trying to get your people to identify with you. We wish you good luck in your people management! Thank you!