With all the reminders of Valentine’s Day around, it’s no doubt that February puts love on the mind. When you consider the loving relationships that are foundational to your life, there are certain values, such as trust, communication, and security, that arise. In businesses, relationships are your lifeblood. Applying the expectations you have for your personal relationships to your working ones are a way to strengthen your business connections. At Fraction Force Strategies, our team helps business owners reframe their businesses and also their perspectives around their work to improve their lives. Keep reading to learn more about how healthy relationship practices can inform your business.
What Can Healthy Relationships Teach Us About Business?
- Communication and Trust: Whether you are in contact with a partner, family member, or colleague, one of the most important aspects of your relationship is communication. Knowing what is on someone’s mind, whether positive or negative, is always better than being left in the dark about their feelings. Without clear communication, you set yourself up for more misunderstandings, which leads to a lack of efficiency and rising tensions.
- Establish Check-Ins: When working with clients that have struggled with communication in the past, we have found that implementing simple check-in times for the team to follow was a great way for everyone to get on the same page, creating a more streamlined workflow.
- Adaptability: In healthy relationships, people are able to communicate when they have too much on their plate. When we conduct operational reviews with clients, we seek to find out if some employees are struggling with their workload. Moving employees to better-suited roles and shifting around tasks may seem complex, but the payoff will lead to a stronger, more capable team in the future.
- Resolving Conflict: I like to remind clients that building and keeping connections isn’t just about agreeing on everything. When you’re in contact with anyone for a long period of time, chances are that you have come to some disagreements. The important takeaway from these differences in opinions is that you identify the root cause of the issue and maintain respect for each other throughout your discussions.
- Agree to Disagree: Even if you don’t have the same viewpoint as someone, you can respectfully disagree. It’s also key to remember to focus on listening during an intense conversation where you and an employee may be trying to express your emotions. You know your side of the story, but you need to gather information about the other person’s perspective.
Fraction Force Strategies: Love & Leadership
Business owners are busy putting their heart and soul into their businesses day in and day out. Sometimes the grind of working hard can get in the way of showing appreciation for those around you. Busy with day-to-day responsibilities, it can be easy to lose sight of the connections you have with the people that make up your life. At Fraction Force Strategies, we believe that investing in company culture is vital to long-term success.
- Strengthening Connections: Celebrating your loved ones’ during special occasions is second nature, and we encourage you to apply the same mindset to your team. Celebrating team members’ birthdays and other life events are a fun way to break up the workday, and employees will also feel more cared for. Checking in on your team members’ daily lives helps create an environment where your employees are excited to show up and contribute. These celebrations apply to work wins, too: whenever a big project is completed, identify and congratulate your team members that helped make that happen.
- Promote a Healthy Work Culture: Mass resignations in recent years are a side effect of team members not feeling appreciated. It’s important to recognize and check in with your team about their long-term goals, plans for professional development, or other aspirations. It is also important to encourage team members to use their time off! Getting rest and taking time away from work will help prevent burnout.
- Growth and Commitment: When you think about the most successful and strong, healthy relationships in your life, it’s likely that they are solid because you have looked to the future at some point together. Relationships and friendships grow because of consistent care, and your work relationships will bloom in the same way. When your team sees your hard work and dedication through communication and goal-setting, they’ll be more inspired to continue forward with your company’s mission.
- Goal Setting: Being willing to sit down together and evaluate your goals and finances is a strong sign of a secure couple. For business owners, this looks similar: we encourage key players in every business to keep a consistent eye on their financials and make plans for growth accordingly. When everyone has a realistic vision for what their future looks like, your short-term and long-term goals become more achievable.
Our team at Fraction Force Strategies sees the love our clients put into their businesses and building healthy relationships each and every day. Our job is to help streamline that care and devotion into the channels that will best serve your business. We encourage you to reach out to Fraction Force Strategies by phone at (615)-733-9505 or via our website.