Tag: Alignment

How Great Leaders Build Great Teams

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Teams are groups whose members have a clear sense of belonging, and who share responsibility for accomplishing tasks.’- Paolo Guenzi and Dino Ruta

When it comes to building a successful team,

‘No individual does anything until and unless he is first motivated to do so.’

‘One person’s perceptions of need cannot motivate another.’

‘Humans prefer mastery and control to ambiguity and uncertainty.’

‘If your subordinates believe that you’re honest and straightforward, they’ll be more inclined to trust you- and to believe their trust is well placed.’

‘Humans are motivated both to get ahead and to get along.’

‘Our behavior is governed by two types of interactions: those that come naturally (instincts) and those that are learned (conditioning).’

‘… Companies cannot succeed if their employees aren’t in alignment.’

‘Followers perform best if they know what’s expected of them.’

‘Leaders perform best if they’ve got enthusiastic buy-in from their followers.’

‘If people doing the work aren’t happy with their lots, it’s unlikely the organization for which they toil will thrive as it otherwise might.’

Source:

David Lahey (2015). Predicting Success: Evidence-Based Strategies to Hire the Right People and Build the Best Team

The 10 Most Overlooked Definitions In Leadership

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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What do they mean to you?

‘Leadership means telling the world why a company exists- its purpose- and describing a vision for how that purpose will be achieved.’

‘An organization’s culture is so much more than a slogan or poster. Culture is nothing less than the aggregate of tens of thousands of interactions and decisions every day. … Creating a culture means choosing a limited number of values that define the company as surely as its products or logo do, and then encouraging expression of those values in everyday behavior.’

‘Authenticity means people are living the same company culture that the CEO describes and that the HR department claims in job descriptions.’

‘Appreciation means recognizing work well done. It’s a subjective expression in the same way one ‘appreciates’ a work of art or a clever solution to a work problem.’

‘Engagement at work is the willingness to give discretionary effort to a job. It means voluntarily doing more than the minimum. It is an attitude confirmed by behavior.’

‘Empowerment transfers the power to achieve results from the manager to the employee.’

‘To manage is to choose among multiple options, and business situations inevitably cause a manager to choose in the moment between, for example, customer satisfaction and greater efficiency.’

‘Gamification means adding elements of game design or game mechanics to nongame contexts. In the workplace, it could include elements like awarding points for hitting milestones and competing for prizes.’

‘Commitment without alignment means wasted effort (and frustration). Alignment without commitment means wasted potential (and employee turnover). Recognition singles out great performance (commitment) that focuses on strategic goals (alignment).’

‘Measurement means relevance. Without it, any project tends to justify itself.’

Source:

Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine (2014). The Power of Thanks: How Social Recognition Empowers Employees and Creates a Best Place to Work