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Relationship Building Win-Wins - Value-Added For Both Managers And Employees

Guest post by: Martin Haworth

Article Overview: As managers build relationships with their people, it's a two-way contract. The relationships require that there is value for both sides. Understanding this can need some prompting...

Relationship Building Win-Wins - Value-Added For Both Managers And Employees

Relationships in the workplace are vital. Managers need them and so do their employees. By having effective working relationships, all sides gain value that cannot be gained anyplace else. Let's be clear what this means, because sometimes it can be hard to recognize just what the point of working closely really can be.

Win-Win Relationships for Managers

When a manager works well with those individuals that make up their team, they are able to leverage the potential of each and every one of them, adding important skills and behaviors into the assets of the team as a whole.

Once on board in a trusting and enthusiastic relationship, employees feel able to commit more to their employment, taking on new experiences and workloads that they may have been reluctant to, if they weren't confident and trusting in the relationship with their manager.

As employees grow in confidence, they are able to accept delegated tasks that will help their development - as well as taking some of the load from the manager - especially where the manager acknowledges that delegation is a development tool - and not just somewhere to dump unpleasant tasks.

When relationships work really well, they will be beneficial to a manager in another way as well. When their employees feel supported and encouraged, they will become more proactive and positive in their ability to solve problems, sometimes even before the manager needs to get involved.

The investment in time that a manager makes to create win-win relationships, makes their work easier, more productive and creates a team with enhanced skills committed to the business and ready for more.

And all this in a happy environment where they see the value to themselves as well.

Win-Win Relationships for Employees

Employees have to gain too for their efforts in making relationships with managers work effectively.

Where they take up the opportunities offered, delegated tasks will build confidence, develop existing skills and even draw out hidden potential that they have within them.

These all add into their attractiveness as employees and make positive contributions to their resume and potential career paths.

Their work becomes more stimulating through the new challenges they take on and much more enjoyable too, making a job much more than just a place to go to work, but an enviable way to spend time.

Great relationships between employees and their managers help in another way too. When the effort has been made on both sides to build rapport, there is an understanding of what fair demands are acceptable and appreciated too.

Managers listen when they have a good relationship with their people and are much more likely to be supportive of requests for resources when they have them available.

Understanding that good relationships in the workplace only add value to both sides is a great incentive to them to make real efforts to get on well together.

Often, building relationships needs the attention of a manager to get the ball rolling. Employees have their part to play too, embracing the initiative and taking and equal share in the responsibility.

After all, when it's a win-win relationship on both sides, there is everything to gain.

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