As we know, Charles Dickens was a master character builder.
Who can forget Abel Magwitch, Pip, Miss Haversham and others in Great Expectations?
Or Uriah Heep, Mr Bumble, Fagin, or Ebenezer Scrooge from other best sellers?
In the Old Curiosity Shop, we meet the evil Daniel Quilp.
It’s the depth of each Dicken’s character that makes for such a compelling read.
We are warmed or repelled by the people we meet.
Dickens and his stories describe the very best and worst of human nature.
Bill Sykes and Quilp are very much in the latter group.
But there’s redemption for Magwitch and Scrooge.
Companies have their characters, too.
Here are some you may have met;
- Hard Workers
- Team Players
- Doomsayers
- Party Animals
- Scaredy Cats
- Disrupters
- Rebels Without A Cause
- Bad managers
- Excellent managers
- Inspirers
- Fun suckers
Whether a manager or employee, you get to meet and work with many characters.
You’ll find some to your liking and others that are not.
If you manage people, you have the chance to develop the characters of those in your team.
Doing so will likely improve yours.
It’s rewarding work.
A team focused on a goal and supportive of each other is inspiring to lead and be part of.
One of the keys to achieving this is effective delegation.
It develops the skills and confidence of individuals, and it strengthens the team as a whole.
To help you delegate organising stands at trade shows, we provide the Trade Show Stand Mastery training courses (there are two).
It’s for complete beginners or those with limited event experience.
Very best,