Modern Definition of Work Hard
If you are interested in steering your managers away from the authoritarian leadership style and lean into a more hands off collaborative style, I found a fabulous article that shines a light 🔦 on the tension between traditional company structures and the true desires today’s modern works are searching for:
- freedom to choose.
- autonomy in how it is done.
- ownership of their workday.
Read the full article from E! News here https://lnkd.in/g3zBdDD8
Hear from our founder, Susan Gatti, as she talks about her own personal struggle to find work where she could make bank but step away while her children were little.
If you couldn’t read the article, here’s the cliff notes. : Daine’s daughter Kit does work and she does put in long hours in her profession, but….
They are fluid and scheduled in the flow of the life she wants to lead, not the parameters of the hours set by a company.
Does that feel crazy to you? That’s ok - it is new so it feels uncomfortable if you aren’t used to that style of work. So it activates normal manager fear responses like:
- how do I know if they are working?
- what if they don’t come through?
- am I going to look foolish?
- but they aren’t sitting at a desk.
- they are so lazy; they don’t want to work.
Here is a simple structure to create a fluid work environment that appeals to your team and also calms the fear of “letting go”. And for the record, giving yourself permission to NOT know all the answers is a huge stress reducer and will give a manager the opportunity to delegate even more from their plate.
Email susan@disruptivespark.com and put FLOW in the heading for a “one-pager” you can download and get access to a proven resource and conversation starters.
Here’s a sample….
Lead with curiosity and build a plan together.
1. Agree on metrics that matter.
2. Establish a communication plan.
3. Set guideposts to stay on course.
4. Give your team permission to learn from mistakes, from others and with you.
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