I've been working to develop a seminar for church management, found these tips, we can all use, even in everyday relationships (just substitute co-worker or friend in place of workers);
"Protect, back up and defend your workers."
"Listen twice as much as you speak."
"Do not always seek to find bad behavior to punish, but also seek good behavior to reward."
"Promote within."
"Encourage a work environment that is conducive to success."
"Allow for failure." -- Michael Coritsidis
Most people do not understand the value of allowing for failue. The Olympian becomes great having tried and failed thousands of times; if we say there is no room for failure, then there is no room for improvement and we must settle for mediocre at best.John Maxwell teaches a principal of falling forward. If we are going to fall (and we all are) then we should fall attempting to reach a goal; it is better to fail reaching high than to fail by refusing to reach. You've heard it said, no doubt that the greatest homerun hitters in history are also the same men who have struckout the greatest number of times. We may maintain, but we can never exceed until we are willing to fail in the process. Human Acheivement is rapt with examples of how perserverance rewards those who are not afraid to fail, even repeatedly in order to achieve what has never before been achieved. In order to have exceptional success whether in relationship or business, we must allow the other guy room to grow, which in the short run is room to fail.
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