When we have ideas that we think 
would really help our team, our project and our organization, we want to share our thoughts and have it taken into serious consideration. If we are deprived of the opportunity to contribute our ideas, we get frustrated, feel unappreciated and cannot put our full potential to practice. That’s the same exact feelings our teams will have if they are not being given the opportunity to share their ideas and contribute.
As leaders, we must recognize that everyone wants to be heard, and we must create an environment that nurtures and encourage collaboration and sharing of ideas. As much knowledge and experience we think we’ve gained throughout our careers, we are not perfect and we do not know everything. A fantastic line from C. S. Lewis, a renowned British author:
“Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction.”
The ideas of your team members, combined together, will help you direct your path to the common goal for success. When one idea is shared from one member, it can spark other ideas from other members. Being able to harness the collective brain power of your team is the true skill of a great leader.
Making a decision without consideration of the ideas from others is doing you and your team a great disservice. You’ve spent so much time and effort to acquire great people with great skills, experience and thinking to work with you. Shutting them out of your decision making process goes against everything you’ve worked so hard to build. You have good teams and good people around you. Allow them to contribute, listen to what they have to share and be prepared to be amazed.
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Denny Nguyen, a veteran IT leader and experienced operational manager with 15+ years working in the software and software related service industry. Currently, Denny oversees global operations of LogiGear including IT infrastructure and services, and facility worldwide and marketing and business development for the APAC region.
Started out as a test engineer, Denny has excelled his career into project management, IT management, account management, customer relation management, and marketing and sales management. In 2004, when LogiGear began to establish its present in Vietnam with two Software Testing & Research centers in Saigon and the third center in 2009 in Danang, Denny was instrumental and the key leader who was chartered to build out the entire foundation and infrastructure for LogiGear to grow for the next twenty years.
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