Business insurance is always a necessary investment when managing a team of employees, especially when some staff members can be harder to deal with then others. Extroverted team members can often prove to a welcome addition, but small-business owners need to know how to get them to maximize their potential. Meredith Persily Lamel, an executive in residence at the American University’s Kogod School of Business in Washington, D.C., shared some insights into working with employees who like to speak their minds.
Use their energy as a positive
Many extroverted employees need to interact with other people to be successful in their roles, which is why Persily Lamel believes meeting with them to talk about a difficult project or a challenging report after they have completed it is a good idea to make sure they are ready for their next assignment. According to Forbes, it’s also a good idea to be receptive to their energy and use their professional strengths as a way to benefit the company in the long run.
Encourage group work
Working alone at their desk with the door closed is something that extroverts might struggle with, creating the need to form committees of employees or assign groups to carry out certain endeavors. Persily Lamel believes pairing extroverts and introverts together could be the formula for teams to achieve higher levels of success with their projects.
Teach them the power of patience
If small-business owners group extroverts together, they may run into some trouble. They will often talk over each other, have problems establishing a team leader and experience difficulties staying organized. This is the bosses‘ opportunity to talk to extroverts and train them to work in groups and be more patient, reported Forbes. Small-business owners must observe how each team is performing, and figure out how they can improve their level of output.
Allow to talk out problems
Persily Lamel told Entrepreneur magazine extroverts will often need to speak out loud to begin solving problems they are running into at their jobs. This is why she believes firm owners should create environments where extroverts can exchange feedback and evaluate information before coming to a conclusion for matters in the workplace.
