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Leadership in Liminal Times
During times of great change it is a leader’s job ito provide some firm footing for people, with assurances of what will not keep changing.
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Life´s a wave!
Alyce has some interesting thoughts on happiness and what can motivate employees
I would like to start this morning with a quote from John Lennon:
When I was 5 years old, my mother always
told me that happiness was the key to life.
When I went to school, they asked me
what I wanted to be when I grew up. I
wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t
understand the assignment, and I told them
they didn’t understand life.
Are you happy?
I think these words from John Lennon are true for each and every one of us. Who doesn´t want to be happy? But for most of us, we´ve been trying to keep our head above water for so long, that we´ve forgotten how much we love to swim!
Have we fallen into the trap of believing that happiness is a luxury?
Do you subconsciously believe that happiness is reserved for the privileged or only to be had at great…
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What motivates employees?
There is a saying that at least every second worker is demotivated and has half his foot out of the door, looking for another job or with his mind on “automatic” in doing only those tasks that need to be done.
Employees often cite the reasons as having to deal with an annoying boss, a low salary, an uncomfortable work space, or stupid rules. Frederick Herzberg, Distinguished Professor of Management at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, is quoted as saying that even if managed brilliantly, most employees are still not motivated to work much harder or smarter.
“People are motivated, instead, by interesting work, challenge, and increasing responsibility. These intrinsic factors answer people’s deep-seated need for growth and achievement,” Herzberg is quoted as saying.
In our globalized market place there are fewer and fewer jobs out there that really fulfill basic human needs. There is no room for individual…
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What motivates employees?
There is a saying that at least every second worker is demotivated and has half his foot out of the door, looking for another job or with his mind on “automatic” in doing only those tasks that need to be done.
Employees often cite the reasons as having to deal with an annoying boss, a low salary, an uncomfortable work space, or stupid rules. Frederick Herzberg, Distinguished Professor of Management at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, is quoted as saying that even if managed brilliantly, most employees are still not motivated to work much harder or smarter.
“People are motivated, instead, by interesting work, challenge, and increasing responsibility. These intrinsic factors answer people’s deep-seated need for growth and achievement,” Herzberg is quoted as saying.
In our globalized market place there are fewer and fewer jobs out there that really fulfill basic human needs. There is no room for individual needs and growth potential. Even in formerly creative media jobs, employees are expected to conform to standardized “handbook procedures”. The result: People are becoming emotionally drained and burned out because they feel they are not being appreciated for who they are as human beings with soul needs.
The “Y” generation of employees, those born between 1988-1994, are regarded as sophisticated, tech-savvy and immune to many of the “loyalty” values of their parents. They not only grew up with it all, they’ve seen it all and been exposed to it all since early childhood. Which means they are no longer willing to give full loyalty to a company, knowing they could be out on the street with the next recession or the next restructuring wave. They’ve seen mothers or fathers having sacrificed a lot of private happiness for a job, that has in the end left them “burned out”, cynical and bitter.
Of primary importance to the talented Y generation scouting the job market are values such as:
– Does the company go in sync with my own value system?
– Does it offer me room for personal growth, responsibility and honing of my talents?
– Do I feel comfortable and happy with the people around me at the workplace?
– Does it leave me enough time and energy to spend with my loved ones?
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Finding real nourishment
We just had a wonderful workshop on the “Earth” Element. It comes at a good time here in the northern hemisphere with farmers bringing in their harvests. It is a time to reflect on what really nourishes us. It is not only about food.
What hurt or emotion am I still carrying around with me that burdens rather than nurtures me? Isn’t it time to let go?
More importantly: What am I feeding my mind with? My favourite motto is the ancient Zulu concept of Ubuntu. It not only means that we are formed and shaped by the people and the community around us. Ubuntu means taking responsibility for the well-being of all that is around us because it is that which makes us human.
Surround yourself with negative people and you become a negative person. Giving your body the right nutrients on a body and mind level is a major precondition to becoming a person with a happy and positive outlook on life. We are bombarded with electronic media and information from the Internet. What Information really serves and uplifts us? I like using social media like facebook. It is an important means of staying in touch and getting information, but sometimes it can be too much and is energy-sapping. We lose touch grounding, lose touch with reality or lose ourselves in a virtual world.
That is when it is time to find nourishment in nature, opening the senses to the wind on the skin, the smell of earth, the sound of birdsong, feeling the ground underneath ones feet.
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