As a leader looking to secure a future for your company, it's going to be necessary to look beyond the bottom line in order to evolve. You might stare at it hard every day - be assured the only thing that will set profit spinning ahead of the exponential curve is the mind-set of the people you employ.
Many CEOs believe they can hire a consultant to take the whole thing off their hands and deliver an engaged culture without any effort on their part, only to find themselves mistaken in the wake of what can be huge outlay. Nobody can take that baton from a company leader and win the transformation game without their committed, ongoing support.
People want to be loyal to their brand, just as all wild creatures want to be loyal to their territory. Natural instinct drives us together, which is why we can form companies at all!
Denying a deep-rooted drive for autonomous success by ordering performance that does not arrive is surely a self-defeating exercise?
Does it not make more sense to work with Nature and harvest rewards on a quid-pro-quo basis? Isn't that the only way to make sure something is sustainable?
An evolving culture is formulating that quid-pro-quo in ways that benefit everyone, by energising the workforce with 3 key motivators;
Autonomous innovation (trusting people to come up with solutions themselves)
Collaborative involvement (taking care of priorities together)
Purposeful learning (in any number of forms to benefit them and the company)
When these key motivators are absent (e.g. where directives are given instead of developmental opportunities), this happens;
People lose heart in their own sense of purpose
People leave the simplest of tasks to 'someone else'
People look for other means to gain mental stimulation
Recognising that you have a toxicity problem is the first step. The scene may look complicated, half-hidden, entrenched and horrendously difficult to understand, but in reality, human beings are pretty steadfast in knowing when change is badly needed. "It always looks impossible until it's done," says Canva.
The next step is talking confidentially to someone who can help you get those silky ducks in a row and ready for take-off into new, advanced territory.
kathy@worldlinetraining wants to offer you a chance to join the forerunners of excellence in British industry... get in touch to talk about how you can do just that with what you have.
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