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So, what are these things that will improve your leadership and give you a more productive team?
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So, what are these things that will improve your leadership and give you a more productive team?
It’s the age old issue- the head office gets all the cool perks, whilst the satellite offices feel like they’re left with the remnants (if they receive anything at all). It is hard. How do you build and create belonging amongst teams that work remotely.
I can’t tell you the number of instances of sexual harassment I have heard about over the years. And it’s always accompanied by so many
The act of going together, and being vulnerable together, builds trust. And trust, as we have talked about before – is the fundamental component of an effective team. Vulnerability is key here; the willingness to show a more real, authentic, honest side of yourself.
The key is really to dig deeper. What are you really worried about? Is it how the other person will react? Is it that you don’t know what to say or how to say it, and you’re worried it might be clumsy?
Ask someone who doesn’t know the team or the workplace to do a walk through. Ask them to observe what they saw about the environment the way that people interacted with each other, what the general ‘feel’ was.
If you don’t want that sort of behaviour to be part of your culture – ultimately – you need to make a decision to do something about it. It’s unlikely the asshole is going to come to that conclusion of their own volition and just suddenly change.
Cultural fit (or lack thereof) is one of the key reasons that employees don’t work out. So it makes sense that when you’re recruiting you’re conscious of this.
The main point that the article points out is that all organisations should be like this. It’s price of entry behaviour (albeit, hard for some to live by it seems).. Values should be what makes your organisation different; they should show a bit of your DNA.
What would they want to know that would ease concern over a change, or angst over some gossip that’s doing the rounds?
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