"The great value of conventional wisdom is that it is true that most of the time. The greatest value is that it is a cover of plausible excuse ready and powerful, it is wrong to see it. So I think conventional wisdom, a truth that remains true because individuals within an institution wants to remain faithful.''- Jeff MacGregor, Sporting News Magazine
Recently, Paul Levy, president and CEO recognized by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, the economic situationThe recession has made it necessary, it would have reduced staff. Do not miss these difficulties, their employees or their families require, the Director General of the financial organization of the current crisis, said in a presentation to employees. Then he did something that is rare - that the views of staff as the organization could overcome their financial difficulties, has tried without cutting staff.
It 'was surprised by the response because it was flooded with proposals. Manyset realistic solutions, and together these proposals cost to the extent that layoffs were not necessary. Many employees volunteered to take pay cuts, and in some cases, work one day less per week. Some departments unanimously to give their 3% increase, while the others ready to leave and sickness.
The leaders of the organizations at all levels are facing difficult decisions on a daily basis. However, many painted in a corner ofCreating a false choice. Should I reduce the sales staff or finances? I have to cancel the project is the latest in Trade, cuts or new initiative? Rating decision, the Heads of State and Government to advise other members of the management team or to take a unilateral decision, the feeling that soon you decide often better than no decision.
But what if the above approach is a false assumption, or, worse, other cases irregularities? For example, in each case, the officerunconsciously reduced the number of options for "two" automatically removes the possibility that there may be third or fourth choice. Moreover, the official assumption that the only source of ideas for addressing the challenge in leading the organization.
You are not only false hypotheses, but also systemic side effects. As leaders assume that they are the only source of wisdom, until slowly and inadvertently provided their employeesresponses and strategies to drain. contribute Essentially, the leaders of the strips in a systematic way, employees will be. This does not mean that employees do not have solutions for problems. But the odds are not aware of the problems and, if so, why, it helps that their voice is heard at the highest levels?
In these cases, the rotation of the head, the Heads of State and Government the opportunity to see the world from a different perspective and see the problem in aunique way. Built in addressing organizational problems with the perspective that is never a dichotomous choice, and that responses to problems can come from all levels - including the ground floor you - the leaders of several goals: It is an organization innovation that allowed while at the same time alleviate the burden by believing that they have created all the answers.
as leaders to internalize the idea that the idea must exist somewhere inOrganization, increased transparency and innovation is encouraged. For a member of the organization to help solve a problem, he / they first know about it. Therefore, the leaders, the answer must be within the organization are present, the most likely to increase the awareness of potential problems and seek solutions to believe. This in turn enables systematic organization members to share ideas on how a department could be run more efficiently, a process to improve, could be a taskcompleted more quickly. Over time, to prevent people waiting to tell what they do and how, and instead proactively contribute to the process of problem solving can be.
People want to participate in their work, and people want to have a positive impact on your workplace. The task of a leader is to leave.
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