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Conscious Leader Tip: Accountability
It is a misconception that conscious leaders would only be nice, wherefore average financial results are to be expected. The fact is that conscious companies have superior financial performance, since a lot of value creation is done towards all stakeholders – and it pays back.
Leadership Tip – Week 23
Trusting relationships are a prerequisite developing an organization characterized by teamwork, cooperation and success. To build trust you need to be perceived as trustworthy before you can release human potential and empower your co-workers.
Leadership is about the team performing well
I read in LinkedIn the other day that increased engagement among employees increases the share value of that company. I have also own experience of studies where increased results in engagement surveys show high connection to increased financial results for the units which increased their engagement survey results.
Stop selfish managment styles
Year after year we have read how low the engagement results are in companies in Sweden, and also worldwide. It is not sustainable when managers and/or employees are exploiting others for their own purposes.
Vad utmärker ett högpresterande team?
Aktuell forskning såväl som en stor studie inom Google visar att just social trygghet är det allra mest utmärkande för de team som presterar bäst. I sådana team får alla komma till tals lika mycket och den som gör fel eller misslyckas blir inte straffad.
Is a colleague stoking you the wrong way?
If you have ever felt that a colleague has rubbed you the wrong way, it might have to do with your differences in intrinsic motivation. When people have opposing needs, they tend to misunderstand each other.
Do you prefer to get started with work or to analyse first?
Curiosity is one of our motives according to Ph.D. Steven Reiss. We all have it, but to a very different extent, from very low to very high.
Some co-workers will rather “play in a band than be solo artists”
Independence is our desire for self-reliance and one of our life motives. It motivates people to make their own decisions and to value their personal freedom. We all have this need, but to a very different extent, from a very low need for some – to a very high need for others.
How much introvert are you?
I sometimes hear people discuss whether they are extroverts or introverts, but according to motivation research by Ph.D. Steven Reiss, most of us have some extroversion and some introversion, but to a different extent. Reiss calls introversion-extroversion Social Contact, which is one of our 16 motives.