Tracy Y Washington

Relationship Leadership Tracy Y Washington

Every leader wants to achieve great results through their teams, right? But it can feel like an uphill battle trying to get everybody on the same page to achieve the desired results, especially when you're dealing with people from all walks of life. SOMEHOW you've got to figure out a strategy that will work to get everyone on board with your vision all while creating a culture of collaboration. It's easy for leaders to get excited about the vision, but how do you transfer that excitement and enthusiasm to inspire those you lead to accomplish more? You influence behavior through BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS!Engagement with employees and customers along with emotional intelligence is a growing priority with most CEO's and leaders today. We've witnessed a shift in how technology and artificial intelligence impacts our ability to relate to one another as humans beings...not just human doings. Most leaders think having a vision, a lofty goal and a plan is enough but it is not. Setting goals and achieving goals are not the same thing. While we need talented workers to complete tasks we also need to put careful thought and attention into building strong team relationships. In Relationship Leadership: How To Build More Trusting and Effective Teams, Tracy offers proven, timeless, easy to-follow strategies that she has shared with hundreds of leaders, organizations and business owners for over a decade on how to lay the groundwork to influence and build trusting teams that work together. This book is for any leader who wishes to prepare and build strong relationships NOW to position their company for future growth. Tracy helps readers examine three critical areas - "Communication, Connection and Chemistry with individuals on their teams and how relationship-building behaviors have a major impact on team performance. Filled with illuminating stories from her work experience and helping executives, managers, supervisors and entrepreneurs Tracy offers a simple formula for learning how to care for people and build solid, strong relationships so individuals will reciprocate a leader's care and concern with loyalty and perform at their highest level. "The keys Tracy offers in this book on communicating and connecting on a deeper level is enough for any leader to begin strengthening relationships that build trust and better collaboration". - Alan Rosskamm, former CEO of Jo-Ann Stores and current CEO of Breakthrough Schools