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12/28/2023

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž?

Much goes into what makes up a company culture. Certainly, company values, attitudes, behaviors, and the employees all play a part in that make up. But ultimately, it is the company leadership that either intentionally drives the culture or allows it.

So, how can poor leadership demotivate employees and impact culture? Letโ€™s look as some common demotivators:

โ€ข ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐›๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐›. The real reason people quit their jobs is because the managers charged with ensuring their employees' success doesn't care enough to meet their needs as valued employees.

โ€ข ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ / ๐“๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. When there is any type of harassment or toxic behavior. It not only impacts the person getting mistreated, it also impacts others that witness that type of behavior.

โ€ข ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž. While some overtime is required with many jobs, continuously pushing people for extended periods leads to burnout, more mistakes, and more absenteeism.

โ€ข ๐‹๐š๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Employees need to understand what is expected of them to be able to perform their best. When the company direction is unclear, it leads to confusion, frustration, and poor decisions.

โ€ข ๐”๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. No employee should have to guess what their responsibilities or expectations are. Clear communication is required to ensure the employee and manager are on the same page.

โ€ข ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ-๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. Constantly overseeing every detail of an employeeโ€™s work can make them feel mistrusted and undervalued. Eventually employees will stop thinking. All creativity and enthusiasm will be lost.

โ€ข ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž. A team is only as strong as its weakest member. When weak links are permitted to exist without consequence, they drag everyone else down, especially the top performers.

โ€ข ๐‹๐š๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ง๐›๐จ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ . Nothing kills the excitement of bringing in a new employee than having no plan or training to get them started. Their enthusiasm turns into frustration, when left to flounder on their own.

โ€ข ๐‹๐š๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก. When management disregards their promises or commitments, it comes across as disrespectful and uncaring. If the boss doesnโ€™t honor their commitments, why should everyone else?

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž? ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ.

Inside-Out QualityIt is easy to say that culture matters.  But why does it matter?  More specifically, why does it matte...
10/31/2023

Inside-Out Quality
It is easy to say that culture matters. But why does it matter? More specifically, why does it matter for quality improvement? Letโ€™s explore this a bit deeper.

I believe there is an internal essence of quality, an inward nature. It is a fire that stirs inside some individuals, where they strive to keep elevating their performance. This fire continues to burn, so that even when their work is not perfect, they remain driven toward perfection. Certainly, not everyone has that fire. But by developing a great culture, you have a significantly better chance of sparking that fire, compared to a negative culture that smothers the flame.

The well-known author Stephen R. Covey compared an outside-in approach to quality to an inside-out approach. The outside-in approach is driven by outside influences, like management directives and โ€œprogram of the monthโ€ scenarios. But the inside-out approach is internally motivated. As Covey stated, โ€œyou can hire the hands and backs of people, but they volunteer their minds and heartsโ€.

People become inspired when they work in an empowering and supportive environment. When they feel a sense of purpose and accomplishment. When employees are deeply committed, it becomes โ€œtheirโ€ company. โ€œYou create the sparkโ€. It starts to build an internal determination that drives them to do their job to the absolute best of their ability. When this happens, you have successfully created a team that feels engaged and focused on doing their best work. It becomes contagious.

Inside-Out Quality is about the people doing the work and how much of their heart and soul they choose to put into the final outcome. When individually and collectively people feel connected to a companyโ€™s success, great things can happen.

Can you imagine an entire workforce with a burning desire to do their very best?

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