Gary Vaynerchuk’s Post

Two things every manager needs to do to keep their employees motivated: #1 Lead By Example Lead with your actions. Actions will always speak louder than words. If you are motivated and bring energy, your employees will react to that. And I mean in every aspect of the day, not just when you’re running a meeting. How you interact with people. Emails you send. Your posture in a meeting. Everyone is always watching and they are looking to you for an example of how to behave. Don’t forget that everything stems from the top. The way you act and behave in the presence of your employees will dictate so much of how motivated they are. #2 Knowing what your employees want Figure out what it is that your employees want most in life, and help them get it. Let them know that you are invested in it. Check in with them often on how it is doing. Everybody is driven by different things. We all have our own dreams, aspirations, and beliefs that motivate us. So you need to use your ears and listen. You need to sit down with your employees and understand where they want to take their careers. What’s their ambition? What do they want to do with their life? By sitting down with people and actually listening, you’ll be able to set up your employees for success while also motivating them to work hard and fast. #leadership #business

Too many people are greatly underestimating the power of kindness. Why? I think it’s because people have this idea that being nice somehow makes you weak. They’re afraid that if they don’t bring down the hammer, people won’t respect them or they’ll get taken advantage of. I want to change that idea. Candor is not an excuse not to be kind…and being kind doesn’t prevent you from being an effective leader.

Self-confidence is the #1 thing leaders need to instill in their teams, the #1 thing parents need to instill in their children, and captains into their teams … I really believe in the power of it, loving yourself for your entire self is key 🔑 and understanding that struggling in many different areas and having lots of different little things that are challenges that others don’t face is just a part of the human journey ❤️

Most new managers think that becoming a manager is the “graduation.” Truth is, it’s the reverse. Leaders work for their employees. That means you have to understand what your employees want at a deep level. You have to be constantly adapting to their needs and what they want from the organization. When you go from being someone who “executes” to someone who’s managing a team, you go from trading on IQ to trading on EQ. You go from doing the actual work to listening to employees, catering to what they want, taking the blame, and being the bigger person.

If you have trouble structuring your business, if you go through rounds of hiring and firing, read this: If you have trouble finding the “right” team members…the problem may be you. This may be tough to accept but I know good leaders can handle the truth. I’m not trying to be impractical, but as I said before, good leaders don’t cast judgment on their employees. Good leaders don’t yell and scream or try to watch their employees’ every move. Good leaders are supportive and ask how they can help. Instead of being upset that their employees are drowning, they teach them how to swim.

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There’s a lot of people out there pondering these questions .. I really hope this helps a lot of parents but also everyone who’s thinking about the foundations needed to achieve happiness 💜💜💜

Don’t be scared to make decisions .. You wouldn’t know the alternatives anyway … fear is crippling so many of you and yet it’s impossible to regret because there’s too many variables in play to have known what would have actually happened …

In the business world, too many people think it’s all about being hard, tough, ambitious, or having grit. Yes, these things are important, but trust me — that’s not where we’re lacking as a collective. We have the “hard things” down. I think it’s actually the “soft things” that are harder to master, and I think kindness is a real foundation to why soft skills are so important in life and business. What people misunderstand about kindness is that a lot of it comes down to fear. People are scared that they’re gonna fail, that they’re gonna be taken advantage of, etc. So, instead of being kind, they throw their defenses up. Trust me, being kind isn’t a sign of weakness. The truth is, kindness is a strength that is greatly underrated.