"Dedicated people have employment security."
Zig Ziglar
[NB re-read that one - not job security but you can bet they are highly employable in another company!]
Judgment and resentment – are your colleagues or employees clock watchers checking to see what time the bosses come in? Are they resentful and just do not understand the long hours out of the office required to support and build the organization?
Is there envy? Are people genuinely happy for your success or are your colleagues jealous of your position or lifestyle?
Pride – do you feel like you have to do everything or it just doesn’t get done or worse – is not done properly?
Well – good news … here are some tips to creating unity in your group.
There needs to be love! OMG I can hear you say – what??
Love in a workplace or committee can be as simple as honoring those in authority, each other and supporting the vision of the group.
What does this look like?
• Respect authority by following instructions willingly,
• listening without interrupting,
• working together as a team (utilize those talents within the group)
• encourage one another
• cover each other eg if there is a complaint. Treat it with full respect and handle it internally if possible
• have empathy for others – we all have good days and days not so good – be forgiving and turn it around into a positive
On the other side do not speak negatively about others in your organization or the vision.
If you have a wonderful idea which will really help – approach it diplomatically – run it by others and check their feedback. Allow others to become part of the process so they too can buy into the vision.
A wonderful resource for this topic is Dani Johnson in her Spirit Driven Success series.
Remember that one is only able to do so much. Together there is synergy which means the results of people working in harmony for a combined vision are able to accomplish much more than two individuals separately. This for your business also means increased profits!
Zig Ziglar, the world class motivational speaker, is an amazingly passionate man, who continues to inspires millions many decades on. He has researched and come up with a list of 8 things that everyone wants and what constitutes success:
1. Happy
2. Healthy
3. Reasonably Prosperous
4. Financially Secure
5. Friends
6. Peace of mind
7. Good family relationships
8. Hope
So this is where we can agree that this is the goal. Obviously the next step is how do we get there?
One way that most people think they can get there is by emulating their role models.
In Western society, heroes are often sporting champions, rich and famous actors or even socialites. As a high school teacher ,it was enlightening to see how much youth revere their chosen idols. In 2008, a class project involved students researching and writing a paper on their hero. Some of the more well known idols were Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan for the girls and usually with the boys sporting heroes such as Ben Cousins and Chris Judd, both now former West Coast Eagles stars in Australian Rules Football. Aside from Chris Judd, the commonality for the other four are that they live very high profile, glamourous lives of the rich and famous AND they are all well known as being out of control with addictive behaviours to various substances, usually illicit drugs and alcohol. Perhaps it is in one sense a reflection of how we may view ourselves that we too are far from perfect and as one student explained, how would we cope with all that attention in our personal lives? From feedback over the time it seemed that the students wanted to be given more chances to redeem themselves whether it be at home, school or with friends.
Who are your heroes?
So as Zig Ziglar suggests, I challenge you to hold up your heroes, mentors or boss to the above list.
Are they happy? If they always seem stressed then give them a big X.
Are they healthy? Tick or cross
Are they reasonably prosperous? It seems that most heroes now have a tick on this one. This is due to the world’s reliance on money and personal wealth as outward sign of achievement.
Financially Secure – Is this possible? We have all heard of extremely wealthy people who have gone bankrupt later. Most of us have had ups and downs financially with volatility in stock and property markets and even the job market where short and medium term contracts have become more widespread. However of course, by executing such basic principles as receiving income for your activities or ideas, saving and investing, we have the best chance of accumulating wealth and minimising the risks of future loss.
Friends – does your idol have many? Often if you look closer perhaps the so called friends are more business associates with not much depth to the friendship.
Peace of mind – If people are continually stressed usually this is a sign that they are unable to quieten their mind.
Family relationships – Is the person happily married or they undergoing a divorce proceedings or have never allowed anyone close enough and so are perpetually single? What kind of relationships do they have with their children?
Hope – do you think the person is hopeful about their present and future?
Now give them a score out of 8. Do you still want to emulate them?
None of these by the way are saying that the person is good or bad. It is a reflection of how they are inside and where they are at in a particular point in time.
How do you rate? Interestingly sometimes when we feel that we are not so successful , then consider this list again – perhaps our own lives are not so bad.
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