The importance of having an opportunity
The importance of creating opportunities for your team's talents to shine is critical for managers to understand.
In my work with my team members, I am constantly identifying, or learning about strengths, talents, ambitions, and abilities that my team members have. These spark ideas in me, and this is where my role as a manager and leader is to create the opportunity for my team to expose their talent or skill.
“Ability is nothing without opportunity.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
The importance of creating opportunities for your team's talents to shine is critical for managers to understand.
In my work with my team members, I am constantly identifying, or learning about strengths, talents, ambitions, and abilities that my team members have. These spark ideas in me, and this is where my role as a manager and leader is to create the opportunity for my team to expose their talent or skill.
We then gather feedback and review the project results. Not every ability or talent is a natural fit. But the key is that we try it out. If it works, then everyone is pumped.
If it's not a natural fit or didn't find its place, then the team member will have learnt some lessons from it. This first opportunity and review allow them to tackle it again from another angle, or to tackle it in another environment.
Occasionally, they decide the reality was not as good as the idea, and they can add it to their list of experiences, proud that they gave it a go.
I’ve found this approach to working with my team members is a win for all stakeholders - my team member, myself as a manager who wants to grow the talent, skills, and abilities of my team, and the organisation from trying out new ideas and ways to present at our best.
