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A longtime Boston professional, Karen Ahern is the Principal and Founder of SageWorks Consulting in Boston, Massachusetts. Focused on sustained growth, Karen Ahern acts as a trusted advisor in providing pathways toward increased employee engagement and productivity.
One key element in workplaces that are increasingly knowledge-based and relational is trust between corporate leaders and employees. Often this can mean stepping back, as the manager who jumps in too quickly and gives feedback risks over-involvement that raises stress, anxiety, and second guessing. Micromanagement leads to workers feeling a lack of autonomy, which in turn impacts their willingness to take ownership of what they produce.
Accountability only comes when employees feel that they have the space to self-regulate, admit mistakes, and work at their own pace toward shared goals. Rather than staying informed on the minutia of every project, it is often better to trust team members and set in place a channel for issues to be proactively addressed as they arise, both within group and individual settings.
An adept manager encourages participants to bring their insights and skill sets to the table, secure in the knowledge that the ultimate decision rests in management’s hands. Through letting go and placing trust in a team that has shown itself to be reliable in the past, new levels of commitment and productivity can be unleashed.
One key element in workplaces that are increasingly knowledge-based and relational is trust between corporate leaders and employees. Often this can mean stepping back, as the manager who jumps in too quickly and gives feedback risks over-involvement that raises stress, anxiety, and second guessing. Micromanagement leads to workers feeling a lack of autonomy, which in turn impacts their willingness to take ownership of what they produce.
Accountability only comes when employees feel that they have the space to self-regulate, admit mistakes, and work at their own pace toward shared goals. Rather than staying informed on the minutia of every project, it is often better to trust team members and set in place a channel for issues to be proactively addressed as they arise, both within group and individual settings.
An adept manager encourages participants to bring their insights and skill sets to the table, secure in the knowledge that the ultimate decision rests in management’s hands. Through letting go and placing trust in a team that has shown itself to be reliable in the past, new levels of commitment and productivity can be unleashed.
