Tag: Society

Give More Than You Take

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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People are looking for other people who care. If you care about other people, you are a change agent. You are a giver, not a taker.

Givers give to others. Takers take from others. Givers are in it for others. Takers are in it for themselves.

Let me tell you something: If you want to live a meaningful life, it is better to be a giver than a taker.

Because, according to Paul Polman and Andrew Winston, ‘Transformative leadership requires broad partnerships.’

‘Cultivate a sense of responsibility and duty to serve the world, and encourage people to bring their values to work.’

‘Help people in the business find what they do uniquely for the world (their purpose).’

‘Embrace empathy, compassion, and humility, and openly seek help and partnership from others.’

‘Reward courage, speak truth to power, and do what’s right for even if there are costs.’

‘Look forward to understand how the world’s needs will evolve and where the company’s purpose can best serve the world.’

‘Remove rigid constraints on what the company can work on, and give people space to think big, work for the long-term, and invest in the future.’

‘Work with society by proactively inviting them in instead of waiting for them to bang on- or knock down- the door.’

‘Worry less about who gets the credit, or how to compete on issues, and focus on broader solutions.’

‘Lead the work on the biggest, most complex shared problems.’

‘Listen to smart critics to undertand systemic challenges and hurdles.’

Source:

Paul Polman and Andrew Winston (2021). Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take

This Is The Future Of Work

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

‘While portions of many jobs will change, and some jobs will likely be eliminated entirely, many more jobs will evolve.‘

‘The challenge we face when working wih technology is to use it to augment workers, not replace them. Although replacement can create greater efficiency and cost savings, it does not create new value.’

‘The top three skills needed to survive in the future of work are complex problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity, according to the World Economic Forum.’

‘If there is no organization or structure that holds people, it creates pressures that can be very different for an individual to face alone.’

‘As work becomes more borderless, with more collaboration happening virtually, where work gets done will continue to change, too.’

‘The solo effect occurs when different departments or teams within an organization fail to communicate, and undermine productivity as a result. Two departments could be working on the same initiative, or at cross purposes, without knowing it.’

‘Doing more of the same, and doing it faster, is not where the magic happens- the magic is when workers and teams can solve new problems and create new value, services, and relationships.’

‘Business leaders face critical choices that will determine whether their workers are marginalized or empowered, and creating value or merely cutting costs.’

‘Transition nets are designed to help develop careers in the flow of life … They reflect the challenges of lives that include a dozen jobs, and that are not static or predictable.’

‘The social … imperative we are face to invest in education and transitions will allow us to build a more productive economy and a fair society.’

Source:

Jeff Schwartz, Suzanne Riss, and Tom Fishburne (2021). Work Disrupted: Opportunity, Resilience, and Growth in the Accelerated Future of Work.