Ask Your Employees to Give You Feedback
This is fantastic advice! And it works!! Try it if you are willing to appear vulnerable to your team.
According to Brenee Brown (highly acclaimed author and Ted Talk speaker) in her book Dare to Lead, the most effective leaders are willing to be vulnerable in a safe way.
This tip from Harvard Business Review made me think of this:
Ask Your Employees to Give You Feedback
Managers, your employees usually know where you need to improve. That’s valuable information for you to have as you keep growing and advancing — but are you encouraging your team to share it? Make it safe for employees to give you feedback. At team meetings, for example, you could take a moment to report on your recent work and ask people to rate your efforts. They may hesitate at first, but they’ll get more comfortable with it over time. You can also ask a candid direct report to be your coach. Meet regularly to request feedback, and be public about the commitment to show your sincerity. Whatever method you use, give examples of when you’ve gotten tough feedback in the past, to show it’s OK for employees to give it now. You might say, “I’ve heard from Marlon that I am often inaccessible because I spend a lot of time out of the office. I’m working on a plan to fix that. What else can I do to improve?”