04/11/2023

1

Authentic Work EnvironmentPresented to a corporate team

4/15/09

04/11/2023 2

Goals for all Teams

• Help everyone cope & grow within the current negative environment.

• Help everyone deal with personal changes as they impact themselves and others.

• Help everyone understand the changes going on within the organization, Big Picture.

• Help everyone understand the need for collaboration internally/externally

04/11/2023 3

Foundations of the Authentic Work Environment

• Start an Authentic Leadership Group within Your Organization

• Include works of Bill George from his book “True North”

• Include work of Michael Bungay Stanier’s book “Find Your Great Work”

• Include work of Jim Collins, “Good to Great”

• Include work of Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success

• Personal Values compromised• No clear direction beyond the day-to-day• You’ve become just another number,

“CDU” or worse, a “Resource”• You don’t feel part of anything good• You know when and if you are part of

something bad• All consistency feels like stagnation• You struggle to find meaning in your

work• You wonder if you are next on “a” list!

HOW DO WE DEFINE TURBULENT TIMES?

(Personal)

The Employees’

“Death of a Thousand

Cuts”

04/11/2023

5

• Fear • Scarcity• Individualism• Protectionism • Blame & Judgement• Stasis replaces Creativity• Management vs. Leadership

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH

WHAT CAN NORMALLY HAPPEN? ..TURBULENT BEHAVIORS?

04/11/2023

6

AND WHAT RESULTS CAN

THESE BEHAVIORS BRING?

Knee-Jerk decision making

Short Term Thinking

A Focus on the past

Further Fear of Change

De-motivated Staff

Dissatisfied Customers

Stifled creativity

Values Conflicts

Acceptance of Fear

Micro Management

04/11/2023

7

LIFE ISN’T ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORM TO PASS; IT’S ABOUT:Anon

LEARNING TO DANCE

IN THE RAIN!

04/11/2023 8

0 Your Brand should mean, amongst other things…0 Being Purposeful in all that you do

0…including developing the understanding of yourselves, your values, your needs

0 Being Passionate about the things that you do0…including aligning yourselves with actions that make your hearts

sing!0 Being Ingenious by allowing yourselves to be creative

0…and building environments that encourage bravery to say or try new things & possibly fail

HONORING YOUR HISTORY & SHAPING YOUR FUTURE

04/11/2023

9

AUTHENTIC personal LEADERSHIP..AN INVITATION

“Leadership is a conscious process of

discovering and nurturing infinite possibilities in a human being”

Debashis Chatterjee

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP

The ‘DNA’ of an Authentic Leader is:

• Purpose leading to passion• Values leading to “right” behaviour• Heart leading to compassion• Relationships leading to connectedness• Self Discipline leading to consistency• Self Awareness leading to knowledge & personal growth

04/11/2023 11

The ABC’s of Working Together..

0 Authenticity0 Be your true self – the person who you were born to be!0 Stay true to your Values, (e.g. Trust, Openness, Honesty)0 Act out of Abundance not Scarcity0 Be a role model to grant permission to others to be Authentic

0 Blame0 Take the blame out of all that you say and do0 Don’t judge PEOPLE - focus on the PROCESSES that are broken

0 Courage0 Build your inner strength to overcome obstacles with Compassion

0 Have the courage to say how things really are:-0 to create a safe place to exhibit “right” behaviours0 to form an Inspirational environment for the team and for yourself.0 to Feel and Acknowledge your fears - and do things anyway!

“Do or do not, there is no try!” - Yoda

04/11/2023 12

0 BE the real you - true to your WHOLE self0 Understand and live to your personal values0 Identify and remove conflict, personal first0 Widen your comfort zones0 Develop self-knowledge & self-faith0 Recognise your fears and do things anyway!0 Build fulfilling relationships0 Develop the courage to see it through0 Reach your potential0 Grant PERMISSION to others to do the same!

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP …AN INVITATION FOR EVERYONE!

04/11/2023 13

0 A process that enables your “investors” (Employees, Managers, Customers, Suppliers) to be driven by values and principles to do the right thing, no matter how difficult the situation.

0 Rules, regulations and laws tell you what you can do, but values inspire in you what you should do.

0 The primary goal is to make relationships more sustainable.

AWE – Elevator Speech…easy to relate, quick thought!

04/11/2023 14

0 Things only get interesting when you take full responsibility for the choices you make

0 Changing your Focus Changes what’s possible

0 You must make the full choice

0 If everyone is happy then you’re not doing great work

0 You need to welcome others to your journey

0 Good is the enemy of GREAT! – Jim Collins

Great Work Truths…Michael Stanier – Find Your Great Work!