Shared language of goal setting will ensure goals are understood
There are many ways to create goals statements. What I find most effective is QQTR.
Is your management Too Small or Big Enough?
We all have, a one time in our careers, had a manger who has less capable or as capable as us. While having a manager who has the same capability may sound nice, it creates tension.
What would cause an adult to desire no autonomy over their work?
A dependent system changes behavior to people who just want to be told what to do, so they can do it. If things go wrong – it is not their fault because they were just doing what they were told. If thing go well – it is not their fault because they were just doing what they were told.
How to restore or improve trust in your team
How do you restore or improve trust on a team?
If the trust was lost then it must have been there at some point, even a little bit. The people on the team know what that trust looked like. Perhaps they just need to be reminded of what they did to create that trust in the 1st place.
A system that works to drive out fear to attract trust will see growth and financial gains
When an organization is developed & designed for learning. Mangers are “Big Enough”, people work to their full capacity within a system that is actually built upon innovation, autonomy, idea generation, learning teams, & continuous growth. A system that works to drive out fear – to attract trust, we can see rapid growth & financial gains.
The failure was not in my effort or caring it was in my attempted solution
Doing more of the same will get you more of the same – no change. Change happens from shifts in effort, perspective and shared assumptions. While being observant about the useful changes that emerge.
7 Principles of Leadership Development
Don’t ever criticize a manager for not being a leader if no one has ever told him or her what the role is. Rather criticize the inept organization that appointed them.
Change can lead to resistance or cooperation
When we behave as-if things are complicated or complex, this behavior forces us to leave our existing field of thought/vision or to accept that it may be limiting.
Team Building and Leadership Development Agenda Finding what works
Working with teams over several months allows the team to take time to test what worked, how it worked, it what context and with whom it worked; plus the same can be applied to what did not work.
Culture Surveys Do Not and Cannot Measure Culture
Trying to work with the existing culture in a co-evolution organical process may allow the people within the culture to change their current behaviors and understand that their expertise is what allowed the change to happen. For this cooperation and trust attracting systems must be used.