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In our last issue, we said that organizations become
vital and endure to the degree that the people who join
them are respected, encouraged, and valued
individually.
Who really does that? Our experience and research suggest that very few organizations do. Most rely on chain-of-command models of reward and punishment that build a homogeneous work force. They are highly organized and tightly controlled,
harnessing strength in numbers, alignment with
mission, vision, and values, corporate loyalty, and
clear lines of responsibility. Wow!. A CEO's dream.
But an individual's nightmare. For individuals to be fully valued, their dreams, their
individual missions, visions, and values, their ideas,
and their divergence from common agreement must
be trusted and respected.
If leaders are to truly tap the full potential of the people in their organizations, they have to create the organization that is the dream for the individual, not for the CEO. This would constitute an enormous shift in leadership
for many. For some, it would be unthinkable and
frightening. But here is a simple way to find out if this
sort of shift could work in your organization.
Ask. Just ask the people who work there what the ideal
culture would look like, if they could create the
organization anew. What would they change about the
way things are done . . . if they could do it any way they
chose.
Then listen. The best ideas nearly always come from the people
doing the work. They'll tell you, if they are not afraid of
repercussions, what ought to change.
Then change it and watch what happens. JGJ
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