Posts tagged #hope
Fear of Failure
Fear of Failure

Remember the 1947 Merle Travis song phrase “I sold my soul to the company store” ? There is a new kind of truth to that today. We may not be living in a “company town” and giving all the money we earn back to the company in rent, utilities, clothes, and groceries as the song implies; but we may still be “selling our souls” in some ways and and both we and our organizations are suffering as a result. So how can we cut the crap? Let’s break it down…

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Stacie Morgan#leadingchange, #leadership, #cutthecrap, #humansideofchange, #hope, #retention, #WisdomWednesdayComment
Individual Ability vs Organizational Applicability
Individual Ability vs Organizational Applicability

You’ve got the stuff, the smarts, the experience, the connections to get the job done. You are right there. They are looking right at you! But they don’t even see you. They get some inexperienced person to do a job well beyond their capacity. Or worse…they hire some outside consultant to do fit or more than twice what they pay you. Sheesh. Enough already!

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PotentialStacie Morgan#leadingchange, #leadership, #cutthecrap, #humansideofchange, #hope, #retention, #WisdomWednesday, #learning, #results, #experience, #ask, #grow, #see, #communityComment
Being Undervalued
Being Undervalued

There is nothing worse (in my opinion) than being told “you don’t know what you’re talking about” when you speak your mind and your perspective from your vantage point. That statement is a cruel putdown designed to shut you up…often because you have a valid point! But you may still feel smaller, uninformed, out of your depth, and allow self-doubt to slowly seep in. Crap! You’re not alone.

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Abilities ApplicationStacie Morgan#leadership, #cutthecrap, #humansideofchange, #hope, #retention, #WisdomWednesday, #motivation, #employees, #value, #career, #management, #humanresources, #experience, #expertiseComment
Facilitating vs Debilitating Bureaucracy
Facilitating vs Debilitating Bureaucracy

In our desire to create a consistently reliable (and comfortable) method of obtaining results, we lose sight of how the results we seek to attain have changed from those which our management system—our institution’s bureaucracy—were designed to obtain. We then box ourselves into obsolete thinking that we cannot emotionally bear to change. It’s time to cut the crap…

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OperationsStacie Morgan#leadingchange, #leadership, #cutthecrap, #humansideofchange, #hope, #retention, #productivity, #results, #learning, #growthComment
Doing Work vs Creating Value
Doing Work vs Creating Value

Do you ever feel like you are just marking time when you’re on the job? Doing mindless tasks, work that will just be tossed aside or redone by someone else? Work that doesn’t seem to serve an understandable purpose or one you care a whole lot about? Are you frustrated by the amount of money wasted on dysfunctional work processes and spent on outside experts when you are sitting right there with potential solutions? You are not alone. So let’s cut the crap…

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PotentialStacie Morgan#leadingchange, #leadership, #cutthecrap, #humansideofchange, #hope, #retention, #productivity, #success, #results, #WisdomWednesdayComment
Adaptive vs Disruptive Change
Adaptive vs Disruptive Change

The key impact of disruptive change is that an idea which is great for some, causes an unanticipated and thus highly stressful scramble for others. This is a boon for the competitive landscape, but cataclysmic when it occurs within an organization itself. Here’s how to cut the crap….

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OperationsStacie Morgan#leadingchange, #leadership, #cutthecrap, #humansideofchange, #hope, #retention, #WisdomWednesday, #communication, #needs, #change, #disruption, #accountability, #adaptComment
Employee Needs vs. Organizational Needs
Employee Needs vs. Organizational Needs

Have you ever felt like your organization or your employer only care about money—making money, saving money, making even more money? Have you ever felt like you are expected to keep giving more and more of your time and energy, but aren’t given the opportunity to provide input on how to better utilize that time and energy? Huh! Well I think many of us have had this experience, too. When employees’ needs are addressed, they are able and more willing to give their best and fulfill the organization’s needs. Why do so many organizations struggle with this concept and its execution? (Shout it out so I can hear you…) Crap!

Let’s break it down…

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Recruiting & Retention, Leading ChangeStacie Morgan#leadingchange, #leadership, #cutthecrap, #humansideofchange, #hope, #retention, #efficiency, #effectivenessComment
Learning Organization
Learning Organization

Do you feel that the learning you engage in is not utilized, acknowledged, or valued by your organization? Do you have opportunities to use knowledge acquired and share it with others so they can also benefit from it? Are there built-in feedback loops in your processes, policies, and procedures? For those who answer yes, you may work for a #learningorganization. For those who said no, well, you don’t. A learning organization has a culture that views every activity as an opportunity to learn something new and uncover blindspots. They are also willing to #cutthecrap...

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Recruiting & Retention, Leading ChangeStacie Morgan#leadingchange, #leadership, #cutthecrap, #humansideofchange, #hope, #retention, #learning, #learningorganizationComment
Why Employees DO Need Hope
Why Employees DO Need Hope

Do you experience hope in the harvest of your efforts? Do you even know what the fruits of your particular labor are or will be? If you do know, will many people in the community (local and/or global) benefit? Do you feel gratified and inspired by your work? You can each receive this hope, but probably don’t. Here’s why…

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Recruiting & Retention, Leading ChangeStacie Morgan#leadingchange, #leadership, #cutthecrap, #humansideofchange, #hope, #retentionComment