If you never invest time in improving yourself, how will your team learn it’s OK to invest in improving themselves? Remember that you are a role model, whether you want to be one or not. When your team sees you invest time in your personal and professional improvement, they learn that it is welcomed and expected of them to do the same. Are you active in your community? Going to conferences or workshops to improve? Getting coached? Reading books? Continuously learning and sharing?

If you want your team to grow and improve on a regular basis, it starts with you.