| | OCTOBER - 2022MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM9The responsibility to ignite individual growth that fuels the business and maximizes potential lies in the leader's handsmoments within your team that allow you to know more about them, open spaces to talk about things beyond outstanding matters, and provide more opportunities to connect. How many times have you ever asked them, "how are you?" with the real purpose of deeply knowing how they are and not just to hear the usual "all good".3. Understand their way to learn and communicate.Understanding the way in which each individual learns and communicates will help you to have more effective conversations where you can explain things in an easier and faster way. We all process information in different ways, but I will briefly mention the three main styles: Visual, auditory and kinesthetic. For example, if you need to communicate with someone who is more visual, use visual objects such as graphs, charts, pictures, and any type of visually engaging assets. To connect with someone more auditory, remember they often prefer to be told how to do things and then summarize the main points out loud to help with memorization. Finally with someone kinesthetic, you may rather demonstrate how to do something rather than verbally explaining it and you must keep in mind that these individuals prefer to work in groups.4. Sympathize with their moment in the organization.The level of support that you should provide as a People Leader is directly related to the moment in the organization that each of your team members is going through. Sympathizing means that as a leader, you can understand how the way someone feels around a specific situation is driven by their moment in the organization, role, or task at hand. For example, if the individual is new in the business, the person could feel insecure and afraid to make decisions. The level of support from your side should be directed to provide punctual guidance while the individual becomes knowledgeable in the role, way of working, and company culture.Different from an individual who is capable and knowledgeable in the current role (as is someone with more than one year of experience), your support as a leader should be more focused on providing confidence, delegating, and empowering the person to execute and make decisions. Being a Talent Catalyst requires you to invest time to connect with your team in a way that allows you to truly understand the person behind the professional. Foster a leadership style that encourages everyone to unlock their power to be the best they can be.
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