| Plodders may work at very subtle levels but they | | | | people to bring in their suggestions. Don't jump the |
| will still hamper the progress of a team. Plodders | | | | gun too much on deadlines either, because this |
| can obstruct the creative thinking and | | | | can lead your team to make hasty decisions and |
| innovativeness of their team members and they | | | | you come across as a plodder. |
| will mostly put ideas and even words into the | | | | Don't Finish Sentences for Them |
| thoughts and minds of the people working with | | | | Plodding leaders have a very annoying habit of |
| them. All forms of leadership coaching strongly | | | | finishing sentences for their team members. |
| abhor plodding as it stifles freedom of thought | | | | People start to say something and plodders guess |
| and expression. But probably this is happening with | | | | the rest of it and finish the sentence. This is quite |
| your team too. Knowingly or inadvertently, you | | | | detrimental for a team's progress. Firstly, you are |
| might be plodding your team into making decisions. | | | | giving off a know-all superior complex about |
| If that is happening, you need to redress the | | | | yourself and secondly, you are obstructing the |
| situation as quickly as possible. Here are three | | | | person who is communicating with you from |
| tricks. | | | | clarity of thought and expression. Let people bring |
| Be Patient | | | | their ideas to the conclusions they have planned. |
| Being patient is the exact opposite of being a | | | | Don't Be too Curious |
| plodder. As a leader, patience is definitely a virtue. | | | | Leaders need to be curious, but being excessively |
| You being by explaining things in intricate detail to | | | | curious can be detrimental. People then begin to |
| your team and then wait for their questions and | | | | create explanations to satiate their leaders' |
| reactions to come out. You just say what you | | | | curiosity. While you must be rational in your |
| have to say and then wait. People will tell you | | | | thought process, try to avoid all indications that |
| things. When you are patient, you are opening | | | | you are too eager to know the answers to them. |
| vistas for communication and you are allowing | | | | |