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Honesty is a quality that many lawyers neglect, but which improves the connection with teams

An increasingly sought-after quality in leaders is that of honesty. In an increasingly globalised and interconnected world, honesty is a value that is appreciated, especially if you work or lead a team by telematic means. 

Here are some tips to help you be a more honest leader:

- Eliminate bias

All employees are self-generated prejudices of their co-workers. Department heads know and interact with many workers and it is easier for them to self-generate biases. 

To do this you have to be curious and interested in others. You have to be able to divide between the emotional and the objective, to be able to paint a true picture of each of your co-workers. Listen and talk constructively. 

Once prejudices are removed, honesty increases between leaders and their employees. 

- Awareness as a leader

Many managers and team leaders are not really aware of what it means to lead a group of workers. It is not just about dividing responsibilities and creating a list of tasks and objectives.

Leaders are the figures through which the activity and atmosphere of a department of workers pivots. A leader also serves to provide guidance, attention, development and feedback to the workers. 

The tasks of a leader can be abstract, intangible and, above all, emotional. 

- Focus on the skills of your people

A good leader focuses on the most outstanding qualities of his or her employees. A good leader analyses what his or her employees are good at, and leverages their skills for the good of the firm. 

It is not always so easy to discover great talent within a team. To do this, the leader must trust his workers, give them opportunities to develop professionally and not be constantly directing them in each of their tasks. 

Trust is an important value to increase honesty in a professional relationship.

- Take responsibility for what happens

A leader must be sensitive to his or her workers and take responsibility, either directly or indirectly, for everything that happens within the work teams. 

When a project is not working properly, the leader has to detect the faults, but also has to be able to increase motivation within the team, by holding individual meetings, for example. 

Taking responsibility for events involves listening, being empathetic and jointly analysing what needs to be done to improve the situation.