05/04/2021
Our relationships at work are just as important as those outside of it, and like in our personal lives, at work we all face challenges that can push us down and test our mettle. Tackling crises as a team requires a great amount of communication and understanding from all parties involved, and primarily from the team leader to empower their team to rise up from a negative situation.
It's important for team leaders to evaluate their leadership styles and communication methods to see if they're equipping their team with the adequate resources and environment to build resillience and bounce back from a challenge.
Some ways managers can facillitate resillience is:
1) Adopting a positive growth mindset: This is critical, as the mindset one adopts as a leader is contagious and heavily influences the mindset of your team members, either empowering or hampering your team’s level of energy, enthusiasm, and stamina. Mindset is manifested in your communication style; your tone, pitch, and verbal and nonverbal communications can signal your energy level, excitement, or fear to your team - and remember, the energy one give's as a leader is reflected back in their team.
2) Create agency: A team is comprised of a variety of individuals with their own complex personality and mindsets, providing individual members with with active control over their experiences are resilient—they feel stronger and more resistant to challenges.
3) Get to know your team!: Take the time to get to know the people you work with. When team members have a true connection and mutual trust they can not only cooperate but also challenge each other, dissect problems, and create solutions. By letting go of formal titles and ego, we are able to see eye-to-eye with those we work with and build an important support system at work that creates trust.