How to convince team members

In this blog, I share few tips for new managers who face difficulties in convincing team members.

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As a new manager you might struggle to convince the team members to do things in your way. The reason behind this are many.

The ability to convince team members and peers must be developed by every manager. This helps in achieving what you as manager want to achieve and add value to your team and the organisation.

Managers always have dilemma on what makes a team member to listen to them. It is not easy but possible to convince.

Let’s look at few things that you need to keep in mind while convincing team members.

Reality check

You have to ask yourself on why some or all the team members are not ready to listen to you.

Well there could be many reason. I have listed some of the common reasons below.

• You are not listening or trying to understand what team is saying.
  Some new managers tend to believe that they are always correct. So they don’t bother to listen to what the team members are saying. Some managers just act as if they are listening. But eventually they want the team to do it in their way. This must change.