Reader Question: I am a newly hired manager at my company… everyone working for me on my team does not really seem to be buying in to my ideas. They do what I say because its their job, but they always revert back to the old way of doing things. I am just getting frustrated and I don’t feel respected.
Our response: When a manager leaves a team in which they have full buy-in, to go work for a company where they inherit a new team, the manager expects the same committment from their new team that they had with the old team- – - Managers forget how long it took to build that level of connection with the old team and that committment simply can’t be replicated in the new team without one key ingredient— time.
Commitment is developed over time because trust is developed over time. Trust can’t be demanded of, trust can’t be bought, trust can only be earned, slowly over time. Trust is doing what you say you’re going to do, when you say you’re going to do it, and sticking to it.
Your team will buy-in- give it time.
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