Have open conversations with your team about past decisions. Ask, “What could we have done differently?” Listen to their input and apply their suggestions when possible. People respect leaders who truly listen and value their frontline experience.
Another exercise or conversation you can have with your team. And when we say exercise, it's really conversations, considerations, and just speaking to people in a way that you want to get their input. And you might be pleasantly surprised at what you hear, but select positive role modeling and identify when a different decision should have been made.
So for example, last time, okay, team, we did this, we made decision A or B. What could we have done a little bit differently and start engaging and getting feedback? But one of the things that people in the field really appreciate is a supervisor or a manager or a boss that actually listens to what they say and at least attempts some of the suggestions in the field, and you'll be appreciated for doing that.
