One key differentiator that women should bring to the table is to be less patient with non performance. Most mothers I have seen seem to be very patient and understanding with their kids at home. This is fantastic. Extending the same behaviour to the work place will be misplaced as we are not demanding / driving our teams enough to succeed in the new age work place. Our inherent belief that given more time, things will change at the work place is often misused. So don’t employ the time strategy. Instead, employ a goal driven strategy against tight deadlines to give the non performers an opportunity to rise up to the challenge.
We are not in the work place to take care of other people’s personal shortcomings, problems etc and be the emotional bonding agent that we play at home. We are here to be effective in the roles that we play. While we should be sensitive and try and support our team through their life problems, we need not be the agony aunts at the workplace. Move away from this mentality. Infact, I would be happier if team members were able to arrange their personal life in the fashion that they deemed important. I have an interesting anecdote to quote here. Our variable pay is tied to the performamce ratings. One under performing employee during his appraisal discussions told me that the rating was disappointing because he had mortgages to pay off and this impacted the financials. Am I expected to rate a non performing employee differently owing to his personal situation?
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