Developing team members is one of the primary responsibilities of managers. Different managers do it in different ways. To develop your people more effectively, follow these tips:

1. Firstly, ask yourself – do you genuinely want to develop your people? Doing it as a compulsion of your job is unlikely to give you best results.

2. Have belief in your team members’ potential; More importantly, inculcate self-belief in them too; “Don’t you know even this much?” is a sure way of killing their confidence.

3. Take risks by assigning tasks that are beyond their immediate competence; they need to learn and discover themselves.

4. Be patient; they may not take off instantly.

5.  Correct their mistakes through discussion than review; correcting them without affecting their confidence is the key.

6.  Give credit for good work done – however small it is; it simply reinforces “I can do” attitude.

7.  Finally, remember that your success is when your team members succeed!

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Article by: Dr.Raj, 
CEO, HR Footprints Management Services Pvt.Ltd. 
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