Everyone, everywhere is struggling in some way with the changes occurring as a result of this global crisis. Personal health, professional future, family tension, grief and loss ...or any of the above. What I’m about to share isn’t groundbreaking, and now is a time when friendly reminders can be very helpful.
That session on How to Deal with a Global Pandemic and Market Crash would have been handy right about now. In business - and in life - one of the primary skills you’ve learned is to break big problems down into smaller chunks. Pieces that are easy to understand and actually achievable.
So, let’s work together to start breaking your situation into actionable chunks.
Our culture tells us the person at the top is solely responsible for creating an organization’s vision. The approach out-lined here releases the pressure-valve. You have the vision. You aren’t going to accomplish it on your own. Follow this check-list to get people on-board with where you want to go next.
While there are lots of reasons people decide not to talk or share information with a leader, our experience shows the top two are:
People aren’t feeling psychologically safe - they feel what they say can and will be held against them, especially when it involves their current and future well-being
People aren’t seeing a better future - they feel stuck because they aren’t enjoying their current reality yet don’t see anything better nor any way to get there
Until you deal with the first item and get some communication going, you can’t address the second.
We hear from many committed leaders who set out to rally their people in the right direction and call us after their self-facilitated retreat with: “There has got to be a better way to do this year-end retreat thing!”
Here are a few fails we’ve seen people experience when running their own DIY retreats along with a few remedies to make your retreat work well for everyone.
The experience of receiving tough feedback about culture is common - even for leaders who feel they value everyone on their teams. How leaders respond to questions of inclusion—a sense of belonging at work—is vitally important for staff moral, workplace climate, AND the long-term success of your business.
As a leader, separating venting from important questions and concerns takes time and patience. It can be a drag to listen to people complain without solutions or bring you their concerns without seeing their role in the problem. Tune into three areas from Cy Wakeman’s work to decrease drama at your organization.
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