Posts tagged change
Makes total sense.
Somewhat related, from Lisa Haneberg: Disenthrall Ourselves of the Past
Received these questions from a friend of mine, a professor teaching a college course on the “Emotional Health in Organizations” and thought I’d share my answer with all of you who read Talking Story as well:
How does one effectively “lead up” in their organization, if it is still managed like the Industrial Revolution? How does one BEST change the culture from within? Is it REALLY possible…since the key leader always defines the culture of the organization????
Yes, it’s possible, if you are willing to do what it takes…
Brief stories and their nutshell principles from Leo Babauta
We talk about change a lot, equating it with initiative, innovation and creativity, however we tend to forget those constants we have already invested in, constants which keep us grounded, confident, steady and sure.
When you are a manager, the culture you create in the workplace is the healthy balance of both things:
Your Change + Your Constants = Your Culture:
- Write it down: Gut-check list your wants as either Constants or Change.
- Create your future: Allow that list to set your priorities, and be your values-based focus.
- Make it happen: Review weekly to self-manage and self-lead, and
- Feel good about it: You’ll get a good grip on your best energies.
- Share it: The Workplace Culture you champion will be the great result.
A post similar to one I’ve been thinking about writing (getting my income tax returns done has trumped everything else the past few days), and I’m glad Penelope Trunk beat me to it, for she gets way more comments than I do: Up to 232 as I write this… fascinating. So many good points made.
the issue in Wisconsin is more fundamental than pro-labor or anti-labor. The issue is that the workforce is changing. Some of the groups having the hardest time dealing with this change are the unions, and protesting change is not going to help.
~ Penelope Trunk
Brings up a philosophical question for me too: Is all change good?
I prefer to believe in the capacity for good in all change, for I much prefer it to seeing people rest on their laurels and settle: I want us to continually question how things can get better. Complacency and apathy is a horrible alternative.
Do we really regress at times of unpopular initiatives, even when “established rights” are challenged, or is our so-called regression just a lapse into fears uncovered during the process of change?
Events, like this one in Wisconsin, are catalysts. Protests are cries for attention, and for help. So where do you sit? Are you a protester, an observer, a complainer or applauder, or a doer ~ someone who makes all possible good happen, so any pain within change is never for naught?
Postscript: Being an avoider is worst of all in my view. Is this cowardly act how these elected officials serve their constituency?
Those senators have “failed to do their jobs,” [Republican Governor Scott Walker] said on Fox Network’s Fox News Sunday.
“If you want to participate in democracy, you’ve got to be in the arena, and the arena is right here in Madison, Wisconsin,” he said.
