Every project management professional knows that the confidence of each member of the team affects the entire team and in the end – its success. Empowering people that work together to become more confident about their roles is a crucial step to increasing productivity. This can also be applied to freelance and remote teams.
According to the Liquidplanner.com, empowering confidence and talents within your team members should be done this way:
1. Make freelance team learn and develop in their own ways and manners.
When a worker doesn’t improve in their field of expertise for quite a while, their confidence starts to drop. It doesn’t matter if we talk about working in the office, or a remote and freelance team that is connected online, it is a must to offer people different access to knowledge, sources, or seminars. Training with knowledge-sharing is a must.
2. Empower workers to take specific tasks.
The truth is that your remote team can probably do certain tasks successfully, yet their low confidence may be stopping freelancers from even trying. Create step-by-step tasks that will higher the confidence of each team member by every baby step they take.
3. Focus on the positive sides.
It’s easy to complain that someone can’t do something, but we won’t achieve much with that attitude. A better idea is to focus on people’s strengths and compliment them when they do something successfully.
4. Always provide support.
Building your entire team emotionally is a great way to embrace confidence within any individual. Carefully listen to their concerns and problems, and help them overcome the difficulties and stay motivated.
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5. Making mistakes is – OK.
Team members shouldn’t be afraid to make mistakes as well. Make it clear that it’s normal for everyone to make a mistake from time to time. Encourage them to move on and learn from that mistake.
Overall, it’s all about providing support, reminding members of your team how much they can and how much they already know. Most often, just a little “push” is needed…
