As an excellent leader, you need to feel the pulse of your team members by putting yourself in their shoes. You must be able to listen to them without being distracted and not judge them based on their situations.
Someone will ask, I am the leader; Why do I need to bond with my followers? Why do I have to listen to them? Why do I need to be empathetic towards them?
The answer is simple. It is because you need to get your desired result. If one of your team members is emotionally unstable because he is faced with one challenge or the other, such a person will never be able to fully deliver. But if you already have an idea about his state of mind, you may be able to proffer solutions to such a person. That way, you will be assured of getting him to give your work undiluted attention.
Rubbing minds with your team members doesn’t mean you have lost control over them, as a matter of fact, they get to be more submissive and loyal to you because they know you have their best interest at heart.
Alfred Alder’s quote on Empathy speaks volumes, it says “Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling with the heart of another”.
If you, as a leader try to put yourself in these positions, you will find out there’s absolutely nothing you and your team cannot achieve together if you set your minds to it.
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Rubbing mind with the people that works for/ with you is one good in achieving greater result.