Tag: Trust

Work with people who you love

Posted on by philipdodson

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I grew up with the mentality that you keep personal life and work life separate, always being the boss first and then the ‘buddy’. This idea that we can not work with friends, they are not that, they are employees.

The fact is work is life and if we are genuinely going to live a meaningful, soulful and fulfilled life, we need to be ourselves always. Ditch this work mask or home mask, be you all the time. Don’t have masks.

That then leads us to want to work with people who we can trust, who we would invite home for dinner, to people who we feel comfortable and connected to, people who share similar values and world views. We can then enjoy and have fun at work, it’s allowed you know.

We want to run a business or be part of a business that attracts like-minded people as customers and works colleagues. We are not for everyone and nor is every business. So why try to be all things to all people. Stop, just be you.

Do what you love doing with people you love and create something that others will fall in love with.

Why wouldn’t you be you?

Management corrodes, leadership nourishes.

Posted on by philipdodson

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The system loves management, it enables efficiency, it maximises the return from all of the assets.

Management is control, is fear, is catching out, is replacing trust with systems, is removing creativity, is imposing compliance, is organising assets, is anti-human. It is the corrosion of people.

Leadership is not about authority, it is about inspiration, about trust, empathy, inclusiveness, is about creating safe environments, is about the human, not the asset. Leadership is about everyone, not the leader, it is about putting people first. It is about collaboration, not coercion.

We do not need more management, we need true leadership. We need to break out and try creating organisations that truly inspire, that make people feel good, trusted, appreciated and worthy.

It takes a brave person to lead and a weak person to manage and control.

No one needs more being told what to do, they need more appreciation of what they do right. No one tires of good feedback, support, understanding, being made to feel worthy and trusted. Most importantly, no one ever gets tired of being praised.

It is that simple, but it requires all of us to take on the responsibility of being leaders and being the change we want to see.

Management is corrosive, we all flourish under true leadership.