Your company is more than just you. Ineffective leaders will ruin a company believing that no one else can do what they do. However, this is a weak point. Having a successful company means constantly planning for the future so that the company is as solid as possible as often as possible. A core part of this is going to be creating a leadership pipeline that will result in your company having a professional team of dedicated professionals who are ready to get to work. How? Take a look.
How to create a leadership pipeline
Create and trust your team
Your company is a team that features highly-trained individuals who will be able to do their own tasks and roles very well. When you blend all of those individuals together, you get a powerhouse team. Create a team that focuses on that, and then trust them to do just that without you micromanaging!
Ask people what they think, don’t tell them
It seems simple, and it is. Many companies simply tell their employees what the company line is, and that’s that. If you’re stuck, ask for their opinions and thoughts and then actually listen to them. A creative environment creates creative solutions to complex problems.
Always be on the lookout for good leaders
Good leaders will be invaluable. Instead of seeing them as a threat to your own role, see them as allies to help you create a company that is its strongest as often as possible. This is a leadership funnel in action, and it’s going to be a valuable way to help your company be prepared for anything.
Plan for growth and change
Just like a sales funnel, where you filter people through to the final conversion, you can do the same with your employees. Build a strong, dedicated team that will be able to come up through the ranks with training and experience to help promote the entire company forward. It will become a living beast and be self-propelled if you’ve done it correctly. Even you will be replaceable, and that’s the point! Imagine someone leaving the company and you already have someone cross-trained, who is ready, willing and able to step in, even if it is for the interim.
Get support early for long-term gains
No matter how much you may not want to admit that you need help, support and professional guidance is key to helping you get and stay on track for your company’s benefit. Since this is the entire goal, understanding sooner rather than later the value of help and support is going to be important for your business’ sake.
A business coach can be a productive and helpful ally to support your journey and its growth. Experienced in the art of helping create a strong and dependable, professional company, a business coach will help you be on your way to being the best leader you can be by encouraging those around you to step up into the leadership role, too!
It all makes for a healthy bottom line and a company that is built on the right principles and practices to create success in every venture it takes on. That will feel, and be, as good as it sounds, if not better, in real life.
Contact Team Stetzel at (281) 217-4951 to help with your own personal leadership goals, your team growth or any other group training, learning and coaching needs. We do individual and group coaching, events and seminars and even executive training.
