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Leadership Styles: What's
Important for an Employee's First Day?
Great leadership styles create healthy work
environments.
People spend the majority of their
waking hours in the workplace. It goes without
saying that our emotional, physical and spiritual
lives are impacted by our work cultures. The
ambiance at work can be uplifting and nurturing,
promoting the development of the individual or it
can be depressing and discouraging chipping away
at one’s character and sense of well-being.
Leadership styles can make or break the work
environment.
Our leadership styles have to do with
how we
lead in our work environment. We may be forceful,
nurturing, motivational or encouraging. All
leaders have preferred leadership styles that fit their personality. Leaders must always be welcoming no
matter what our preferred styles may be.
Leadership styles that are welcoming go a
long way to create a wholesome place to work.
Amy Lyman of the ‘Great Place to Work Institute’
notes, when people feel welcomed in a new job they
build genuine relationships much more easily and
feel a part of things more quickly; they are more
willing to help or support a colleague if they
require assistance; and they are integrated into
their teams more quickly thus speeding up the time
from initial hire to success at
work.
Every welcoming process needs to be
tailored to its respective workplace setting. Here
are some tactics to incorporate into your leadership styles to warmly welcome
employees:
- Send out welcome e-mails before
the employee starts working to let him know how
important he is to the organization.
- Before employment begins, set up
‘get acquainted’ meetings so she already feels a
part of your business.
- Post pictures of new employees in
all departments, if applicable.
- On the first day of employment
make sure that the new employee has a place to
work, a working computer if one is required and
a desk that is appropriately equipped for the
job.
- Departments that will be
interacting with the new person can send
e-mails, welcome letters and welcoming phone
calls. The help desk, information centers,
security and other pertinent departments should
be in touch to answer any questions and make
sure that everything is
working.
Welcoming work environments create a
strong foundation for productivity and over-all
job satisfaction. There are many benefits that result from companies having
healthy work environments:
- Health care costs are reduced as
workers are healthier.
- People will take risks on behalf
of their company and will even go out on a limb
to defend it. They are also much more creative
in their problem-solving approach.
- Employees in good work
environments benefit from higher levels of
commitment and cooperation than is the case with
their unhappy counterparts. This results in
higher levels of productivity and increased
financial rewards.
If your leadership styles help create a
welcoming work environment, then it will often be infectious,
while also setting the standard for your workplace
atmosphere. Welcoming leadership styles
will spread positivity throughout your organization. Gear yourself towards this style and
promote a sense of well-being for your employees
and higher productivity for your
company.
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Defining Leadership
