It Takes A Village - No I don't mean the book by Hillary Clinton, but rather the idea that no one person is an island and no one can do everything themselves. Rather, we need the strengths and insights that others have to offer; we need teamwork; we need each other!
2-Way Communication - Traditionally, organizations communicate from the top-down or center to the periphery (depending how you look at it). But that doesn't build buy-in and ownership. To do that, we need to have 2-way communication, people's active participation in the process, and genuine employee engagement.
Get Out Of The Way - We (generally) don't need to tell people how to do their jobs, but rather develop the vision for what success looks like and then get out of the way of your managers and people. "Make managers manage and let managers manage" and similarly, I would say, hold people accountable but let people work and breath!
Things Change - While it's important to have consistency, momentum, and stay the course, you also need to be agile as the facts on the ground change. "Disregard what's not working, and embrace what is." But you must stay open to new ideas and ways of doing things.
This is our world of work--our village--and either everyone helps and gets onboard the train or they risk getting run over by it. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
