Last week we had a working session with the Company’s key managers on how to manage our managers and truly achieve the results we are working so hard to establish. Perhaps the hardest part of implementing policy and procedures to reach every single person in the company is executing on the communication. Getting the message, the techniques, the tricks of the trade, the clear rules, the scripts to use, all the stuff we sit around in the executive office discussing and saying we are implementing. How now to not just communicate through the ranks or train it to the newbies, but then continue to confirm it is happening, to manage the managers in continuous guidance and support of what we started.
I was just talking about this sort of thing with a colleague today. We discussed that an employee’s passion at work comes when their personal values are aligned with the values of their company. Otherwise, it’s a job, but will likely never be a passion.
Thanks for reading. I always love the parable: While walking, a traveler came across three stonecutters and asked each of them what they were doing. The first replied, "I am making a living." The second kept on hammering and replied, "I am doing the best job of stone cutting in the entire country." The third stopped, looked up at the traveler with a visionary gleam in his eye, and said, "I am building a cathedral."
I was just talking about this sort of thing with a colleague today. We discussed that an employee’s passion at work comes when their personal values are aligned with the values of their company. Otherwise, it’s a job, but will likely never be a passion.
Thanks for reading. I always love the parable: While walking, a traveler came across three stonecutters and asked each of them what they were doing. The first replied, "I am making a living." The second kept on hammering and replied, "I am doing the best job of stone cutting in the entire country." The third stopped, looked up at the traveler with a visionary gleam in his eye, and said, "I am building a cathedral."