How To ‘Build High-Performing Organizations’

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Great things don’t happen by accident. There are great leaders behind them. There are great people doing great things, taking risks.

According to Eric Douglas, ‘In a value-driven organizations, managers can delegate decisions and ask people to think for themselves.’

‘When people act on the basis of clearly understood values- linked to performance measures- they are naturally engaged in making the right decisions consistently over time.’

‘Successful leaders should strive to instill a culture of values-based decision making throughout their organizations. When they do, the results can be extraordinary.’

‘Effective meeting management is more than a discipline; it’s a way of thinking about value.’

Communication systems need to default to sharing, not hoarding, key information about company performances.’

‘Training workshops need to build competencies that align with the core values.’

Good leaders devote considerable energy and time to a deep examination of the organization’s core values. By doing so, they get to the heart of what is essential for the customers and shareholders- and thus essential for success.’

Great leaders build trust by defining vision. People want to know that there’s a plan and a direction.’

‘To understand the difference between a great company and a mediocre one, look at its people.’

Effective leaders don’t let their teams stay broken for long. They take the time to communicate and regenerate the sense of team trust.’

‘Effective leaders lighten the pressure in ways that help people learn to trust one another.’

Source:

Eric Douglas (2014). The Leadership Equation: 10 Practices That Build Trust, Spark Innovation, and Create High-Performing Organizations

10 Tips On How To Be The Best You Can be

Life is not going to do for you what you can do for yourself. Life will help you when you help yourself.

God will help you when you help yourself. No one is going to do for you what you are capable of doing for yourself.

You can create your own perfect life. To get there, you must first believe that you can have it, that it is possible.

According to Denis Waitley, ‘The greatest risk in life is doing nothing.’ If you do nothing, then do not expect anything. And your train will never leave the station.

Success is the process of learning, sharing, and growing.’ What does success mean to you? What does it really mean to you? Whatever it means in your world, just know that success is not about you. It is about how you live your life.

The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action.’ Knowledge is not enough to create success. But when you use your knowledge to drive your actions, nothing can stop you from achieving your success. So if you want to see results, you must get to work.

To build the habit of success, we better know how to handle failure.’ Failure is a way forward. When you fail, learn from it.

Self-discipline means doing within while you do without.‘ When you do what others don’t want to do, even when you do not like to do it, that is self-discipline. To be successful, you must discipline yourself.

Stop stewing and start doing.’ It doesn’t matter what you want. If you do not take action to make it happen, you are not going anywhere. Because nothing happens without action.

See yourself making your goal happen.’ When you see it, you can go after it. If you want to bring your dreams to life, see them before you meet them.

If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.’ What you stand for says a lot about you. If you believe in justice, then stand up for it. Do not be scared to fight for people who cannot do it for themselves. When you fight for one, you fight for all.

It’s not what you are that holds you back, it’s what you think you’re not.’ We do it. We are good at paying attention to what we don’t have. We are not interested in what we are good at.

Guess what? We are capable of more than we are actually doing right now. Look, if we are to move forward, we must start focusing on what we have, on what is going for us. If not, we will always feel empty.

Whatever it is that you want, if you want to get it, you have got to leave your station.