TRAINING
. . .
Great management teams don’t
just happen; they are built –
carefully and deliberately.
Building a Powerful
MANAGEMENT
TEAM
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Challenge what doesn’t work any more –
reating an effective management solve problems with innovative thinking. It is team, which is probably one of the also important to note that creativity is not an being able to scrutinise certain aspects
most important functions of boards, outward energy – it is an internal habit that of your HOA’s operations is vital when
trustees and HOAs, requires both can be reinforced every day. it comes to creating an environment
where
discipline and being open to new ways
Almost
of doing things.
every
article
you
read
your
employees
can
flourish.
This could include aspects such as the
about
the recruitment process, the on-boarding
creative tendencies of the candidate, without process, performance appraisals, and
Earlier this year, LinkedIn conducted a study looking deeper into the creative environment even general policies and procedures.
in which they analysed the professional skills that can be instilled in the organisation, or that employers searched for to determine even the industry at large. The residential the most sought-after job skills in 2019. Their community industry, although posing new essence of what you are dealing with
findings showed that creativity was the challenges rigid – understanding the nature of the job
number one ‘soft skill’ that employers look compared to other types of management (general aspects as well as the detailed
for in candidates. Before delving deeper into industries. operational tasks) allows you to really pinpoint the
how organisations, specifically homeowners problems we face will probably never change, type of person you require for the job. The
associations property we can look at the way these problems correct fit between the individual and the
capitalise are solved, and how to ensure that we job they are expected to perform brings
on creative candidates, it is important to produce a creative environment in which our many benefits, including more engaged
understand that creativity isn’t only about management teams can flourish: staff, more energy in the workplace, and
professional
SHIFTING THE PARADIGM
management
(HOAs)
companies,
and
can
creativity
every
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day,
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focus
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that
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understand
an increased level of performance.
shining artistically – it is about being able to
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