- 12 leadership tips for building
strong team loyalty, coming up.
Have you ever seen a successful team
that didn't have team loyalty
amongst all of the teammates?
Or maybe they didn't have
loyalty to their leadership team
or their coaching staff if it's in sports.
And more importantly, have you
ever seen a successful team
where the leadership team
themselves weren't loyal
to each other, maybe the
coaching staff is divided?
I have personally
experienced that in sports,
where maybe some of the coaches
were against other coaches,
maybe offensive coaches were divided
with the defensive coaches
and those were never successful teams
so you have to have team
loyalty from the top down.
Let's talk about 12 tips
on how you can build team loyalty
as a leader for your team.
Tip number one as a leader
it's key that you're loyal
to your leadership team
first and foremost.
And that doesn't mean you're not loyal
to your direct team it just means
your loyalty needs to lie
with the leadership team first
and foremost because
everything goes top down.
If you're not loyal to the leadership team
then you're gonna have a
hard time building loyalty
within your team because
there's gonna be division there.
So even though you may lead a team
within a greater organization
and you're on that team
you're also on the
leadership team as a whole
so you're loyalty needs to start there
that way when the
initiatives are discussed
amongst the leadership team
you're able to push
those down to your team
and ensure that your team
understands those things
and can be loyal to the overall
mission of the organization.
That's gonna build
loyalty within your team
and also with your company
and your brand as a whole.
Tip number two as a leader is to make sure
that you understand the why
behind any change in the organization
so that you can positively
explain that to your team.
And this goes back to being
loyal to the leadership team,
if you're loyal to the leadership team
when a change is
announced, or talked about,
or something new is coming up
you need to really get to the
core of why that's being done
and really who that's gonna benefit
within the organization.
Sometimes there's a change that occurs
that may be difficult
on your team directly
but it saves time for
all these other teams
in the organization.
So you need to understand the why
so that you can positively
explain that to your team.
I found that people are willing
to go through some amount
of pain and suffering if it
means it's helping other people.
And so if they understand that this change
may be a little bit more
difficult for their processes
but it benefits all these
other teams and other people
they're gonna understand
the reasoning behind it,
they're gonna stand behind it.
This is gonna build loyalty
within your organization.
Tip number three as a leader is you
need to make sure that you
speak up to the leadership team
once something happens in term
of change or idea of change,
or new products or new services
if you feel that there
could be a better way.
And that's important
because if you're providing
your feedback and
ultimately helping the team
as a leadership team come
to the best decisions
you're gonna be confident
in those decisions
and you're gonna therefore
be able to sell those to your team
which then builds organizational
loyalty within your team.
It also helps your team to be
in the best position for success
because if there's a change
that's coming down the pipe
and you know that it could
be a little bit different
to further benefit your team
and the rest of the organization
you need to be able to
speak up so that ultimately
you are making the company,
helping them make the best decisions,
and then your team is
understanding those decisions
are really what's best for
them and the organization
which is gonna build loyalty
within the team to you as a leader.
Tip number four is that,
as a leader of your team,
you need to build a
culture of we before me.
You need to build a
culture where those people
in your team don't have a selfish mindset
they have a mindset of being servants
to each other, helping each other.
And really doing whatever it takes
for the better of the
team and not themselves.
If you build a culture like that
you're gonna have great team loyalty
because there's a bond there,
everybody's helping each other.
Teams that don't have that,
that just have individuals
trying to perform well for themselves
and not really to the benefit of others
have a hard time building team loyalty.
Tip number five for building team loyalty
is make sure that your team has a cause
or a mission or a goal
that they stand behind.
And make sure that you
talk about that often.
Why are you doing what you do?
How does it make the world a better place?
Get your team to understand
what that mission is
and how they play a part in that
so that they can get behind it.
Ultimately your team is
gonna have more loyalty
if they all are aligned
on what the mission
of the team is and understand what that is
and take pride in achieving that.
Tip number six as a leader,
to build team loyalty
you have to be present and
you have to lead by example.
If you're leading by example,
if you're working hard,
if you're serving others,
if you're talking about the mission,
if you're passionate about the mission
then your team is going to be as well.
And that's gonna build
loyalty to you as a leader
and loyalty within the team.
If you're not present, if
you're not working that hard,
then it's gonna be very hard for the team
to be loyal to you and if
they're not loyal to you
they're not gonna be loyal to each other.
Tip number seven for
leaders to build loyalty
is they have to treat everybody fairly.
That's really important
because if the team
feels like you're treating
other people differently,
maybe so-and-so's kind of your friend,
after hours kind of a deal,
so you let them get by with a few things
and somebody else you don't let them play
by the same rules that's
gonna be a huge problem.
You're not gonna have any kind
of loyalty within your team.
So you need to make sure that
you treat every single person
within your team 100% fairly,
hold them all accountable,
hold them to the same standards,
it's gonna build loyalty
throughout your team.
Tip number eight to
build loyalty as a leader
you have to give people
real time feedback.
Hold them accountable,
hold them accountable to their
goals, everybody, evenly.
Make sure everybody
understands their roles
and how they play a part
in the team's success.
And speak to that.
And if they start falling short
make sure to give them
that real time feedback.
Give them open and honest feedback
and ask them to do the same for you.
This environment of open communication
is gonna build loyalty within your team.
And by just being able to do these things
and doing these things,
it shows that you care.
Ultimately, people don't really
like to be held accountable
all that much but what I've found
is people really don't like
to hold people accountable.
That's the toughest thing of all.
So just take that initiative
and be that leader that does that.
People will start to hold
each other accountable
by doing so the team will
become more successful.
And if people are holding
people accountable
within the team it just shows
everybody that they care
because there's nothing worse
than nobody ever saying anything, right?
That's when you start to feel like,
I don't even know if anybody even cares
whether I do good or bad, or whatever,
so make sure that you build a culture
of open communication
and honest communication.
Tip number nine as a leader
is to make sure that you
congratulate and acknowledge
and constantly encourage people, always.
Always be doing this.
Find people doing something good
and say something about it.
If you're constantly encouraging people
all the time then when you do have
some constructive criticism
they're gonna listen to it.
But if all they ever hear
is constructive criticism
or negative things then
they're gonna grow numb to it
and it's gonna be a negative thing.
So constantly encourage them,
highlight the good things,
they will then start to do that
with their teammates as well.
And when you build a culture
of positive reinforcement
like this you're just gonna
build more team loyalty.
Tip number 10 to build strong
loyalty set high goals.
People like to strive to be great,
so set high standards and high goals
and don't be afraid of missing them.
It reminds me of that
quote by Vince Lombardi
that was something like, you know,
always strive for
perfection knowing full well
that you'll never achieve
it, but in the process,
you achieve excellence.
And your team ultimately
wants to be excellent.
And by doing so and
working together as a team
to achieve these high goals
you're gonna see that it builds
loyalty within your team.
Tip number 11 as a leader to build loyalty
take accountability when you fall short
and ultimately embrace struggle
and challenge within the team
and be transparent about those things.
I have found throughout the
years that the tough times
are the times that build
the strongest bond.
I call that a trauma bond.
If you go through a
very tough time together
with a group of people you
ultimately have a bond,
right, that can never be
changed or never be shaken.
So by going through these tough patches,
even if you're not successful,
just working through that,
that's gonna build bond and
loyalty within your team.
When years have passed
and you're hanging out
at the bar talking about old times
you're not gonna talk
about the great things
that you did all the time
you're probably gonna remember
the times of struggle.
And you're gonna look back
and you're gonna talk about it
and you're gonna laugh
about it when you look back.
Those are the things that build
bonds so embrace struggle,
be transparent about it, tell your team
when there's a big challenge
that you have to overcome.
The team will rally
together, become more loyal,
and try to overcome that challenge.
Tip number 12, last tip,
is don't be afraid of losing people.
You're still gonna lose people
even if you have a loyal team.
It's just natural, people change in life,
they get married, they
move, things happen,
and so you're gonna lose
some people here and there.
But by constantly building future leaders
within your organization
you're building for the future
and so if you do end up losing somebody
you just fill them right in with somebody
that's just as talented.
By building leaders in
your company for the future
you also build loyalty within your team
and your team is gonna be confident
that they'll be successful
even if they do lose a key player.
So that's it, thanks for watching,
hopefully these 12 tips
will give you some ideas
on how you can maybe improve
and build a stronger loyal
team within your organization.
If you have other tips
that I didn't mention here
please leave them in the comments.
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