In his new book, The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni stresses the importance of communication in organizational health... especially communication regarding the mission between leaders and line staff. Everyone has got to see that they have a vital role in achieving success.
Lencioni says the advantage, success, requires courage and discipline; the same kind of discipline that it takes to get out of bed in the morning and head off to the gym or take that early morning 5 miler. Success begins with hopes and dreams but to achieve it takes: positive thinking, a little luck and guess what, hard work! Sweat!
Day One: Post, in a public place, the goals and objectives that each department in the organization is trying to achieve.
Day Two: Have a "brown bag seminar" on how employees with different personalities and priorities (cause that's who they are) can, despite their differences, help make a team successful.
Day Three: Every supervisor talks to all direct reports today about the mission of the organization and what they do to help.
Day Four: Walk around amongst your staff today and solicit their ideas, big and small, about what could be done to make your workplace better and more effective. Later follow-up by involving them in implementing at least one of their suggestions.
Day Five: Today is "accountability day". This is a tough one. Begin by meeting with one of your staff and acknowledging that you have made some mistakes in the past... give an example. Talk about what you are doing to become a better supervisor. The message: "we are not going to blame each other but learn to do our jobs better."
Day Six: Repeat Exercise for Day Three.
Day Seven: All hiring managers should meet today to discuss the "hire decisions" they made in the last month and determine what percentage of those hires will add value.
Finding time every day to work at organizational improvement takes discipline. Admitting your mistakes and finding better ways to do things takes courage. Much easier, when things are not going well, to blame someone and fire them. Healthy organizations however are built on leaders who face challenges head-on and involve everyone in the solutions.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Larry_WengerLencioni says the advantage, success, requires courage and discipline; the same kind of discipline that it takes to get out of bed in the morning and head off to the gym or take that early morning 5 miler. Success begins with hopes and dreams but to achieve it takes: positive thinking, a little luck and guess what, hard work! Sweat!
Day One: Post, in a public place, the goals and objectives that each department in the organization is trying to achieve.
Day Two: Have a "brown bag seminar" on how employees with different personalities and priorities (cause that's who they are) can, despite their differences, help make a team successful.
Day Three: Every supervisor talks to all direct reports today about the mission of the organization and what they do to help.
Day Four: Walk around amongst your staff today and solicit their ideas, big and small, about what could be done to make your workplace better and more effective. Later follow-up by involving them in implementing at least one of their suggestions.
Day Five: Today is "accountability day". This is a tough one. Begin by meeting with one of your staff and acknowledging that you have made some mistakes in the past... give an example. Talk about what you are doing to become a better supervisor. The message: "we are not going to blame each other but learn to do our jobs better."
Day Six: Repeat Exercise for Day Three.
Day Seven: All hiring managers should meet today to discuss the "hire decisions" they made in the last month and determine what percentage of those hires will add value.
Finding time every day to work at organizational improvement takes discipline. Admitting your mistakes and finding better ways to do things takes courage. Much easier, when things are not going well, to blame someone and fire them. Healthy organizations however are built on leaders who face challenges head-on and involve everyone in the solutions.
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