{"id":19625,"date":"2019-09-24T17:17:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T14:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=19625"},"modified":"2019-09-24T01:44:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T22:44:49","slug":"encouragement-and-rebuke-which-can-you-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/encouragement-and-rebuke-which-can-you-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouragement or Reprimands: Which One Leads to Success?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/democraticac.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9.jpg?fit=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u0635\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u0630\u0627\u062a \u0635\u0644\u0629\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The balance between encouragement and reprimand is the ultimate test of a manager\u2014and the standard that distinguishes successful managers from unsuccessful ones. Only successful managers can<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> They can strike a balance between encouraging and reprimanding, avoid confusing the two, and know when to use each approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">The Difficult Balance:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Managers generally fall into two types: one focuses entirely on completing the required tasks without offering even a few words of thanks or encouragement, while another gets angry <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Like a raging volcano whenever one of his employees fails to perform their assigned duties to the highest standard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">These are two extremes that require a mediator: both approaches are flawed, or will soon prove to be. Persisting with either one is simply a mistake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0648\u062d\u062f\u0647\u0645 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/five-requirements-for-effective-managers\/\">Successful managers<\/a> They are the ones who can strike this balance, weigh the situation, and control their emotions so they align with the circumstances at hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">What guides the actions and emotions of successful managers? Employee behavior, how well they perform their job responsibilities, and whether they do what is asked of them to the best of their ability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Take, for example, what Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, said to his employee Jeffrey Immelt:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><em>\u00a0\u201c\u0625\u0646\u0646\u064a \u0623\u0643\u0628\u0631 \u0645\u0634\u062c\u0639\u064a\u0643 \u064a\u0627 \u062c\u064a\u0641\u060c \u0648\u0644\u0643\u0646 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0623\u0633\u0648\u0623 \u0623\u0639\u0648\u0627\u0645\u0643 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0629.. \u0625\u0646\u0646\u064a \u0623\u062d\u0628\u0643\u060c \u0648\u0623\u0639\u0644\u0645 \u0623\u0646\u0643 \u062a\u0633\u062a\u0637\u064a\u0639 \u0623\u0646 \u062a\u0624\u062f\u064a <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><em>\u201cBetter, but I\u2019ll have to fire you if you can\u2019t fix what you\u2019ve messed up.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Welch\u2019s words reveal a great deal about management in general, as well as his ability to balance criticism with encouragement. And his only motivation for acting <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">that way was Jeffrey\u2019s performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Of course, you won\u2019t be surprised to learn that Jeffrey Immelt later became CEO of General Electric\u2014and did, in fact, fix what he had messed up!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The kindest, most courteous managers must therefore be willing to become the toughest people around if they believe an employee or another is putting the company\u2019s future at risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Encouragement or Reprimands: Which One Leads to Success?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">This question is like employees asking their managers, \u201cDo you want quantity or quality?\u201d The answer, of course, is that we want both. So the question is<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> \u062d\u062f \u0630\u0627\u062a\u0647 \u062e\u0637\u0623.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">What has been said about this question applies in the same way to the question we are exploring and seeking the best answers to: a successful manager reprimands <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">employees, praises them, and offers them words of thanks and appreciation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">But success lies not in doing so, but in choosing the right time to use praise or words of reprimand. Both are necessary and important, but in<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> \u0648\u0642\u062a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0633\u0628.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Before taking either approach, don\u2019t forget to listen:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Robert Greenleaf, a world-renowned leadership expert, once noted that \u201ca leader can become a natural servant through the long, arduous process of learning to listen\u2014a <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">process reinforced by the fact that the automatic response to any problem is to listen first.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">This means that a successful leader is neither reactive nor quick to make decisions. Above all, they listen carefully and gather all the facts about the issue they are examining before <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">to decide whether to praise or reprimand this employee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The primary goal of this entire process\u2014the strategy of praise and criticism\u2014and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/quote-about-leadership\/\">\u0627\u0644\u0642\u064a\u0627\u062f\u0629<\/a> the management approaches and methods it involves is to serve the company\u2019s interests, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">which also means improving employees\u2019 abilities and developing their skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">A manager who reprimands an employee is not trying to belittle or get back at them. Nor does a manager who praises an employee intend to show favoritism or give someone something they have not earned. Rather, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">the goal is to serve the interests of both the company and its employees.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u0625\u0646 \u0645\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0634\u062c\u064a\u0639 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0648\u0628\u064a\u062e \u0647\u064a \u0645\u062d\u0643 \u0627\u062e\u062a\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0631\u0627\u0621\u060c \u0648\u0647\u064a\u060c \u0643\u0630\u0644\u0643\u060c \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u064a\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u064a\u0645\u064a\u0632 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0627\u0634\u0644 \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u062c\u062d\u061b \u0641\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u062c\u062d\u0648\u0646 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0631\u0627\u0621 \u0647\u0645 \u0648\u062d\u062f\u0647\u0645 \u0645\u0646 \u064a\u0645\u0643\u0646\u0647\u0645 \u062a\u062d\u0642\u064a\u0642<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[7831,8990,4560,18749,3658,785,19611,19610],"class_list":["post-19625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-7831","tag-8990","tag-4560","tag-18749","tag-3658","tag-785","tag-19611","tag-19610"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}