There is a lot to be said on the experience of applying your talents to your passions. Andy’s two pieces of advice – do what you love and do what you’re good at. It is so easy to say and so simple to do. Yet, often we don’t remind ourselves of these truths nor do anything about it.
If we think about it, conceptualisation can be a very enjoyable experience. “Keep looking up here and not down there”. Being a legend in your own mind and / or in the collective mind of collusive others is a sure fire way of thinking all is good when in actuality all is far from it.
People senior in organisations are easily seduced in to this ‘life above’. It is very comfortable. Holistically, senior leaders take their eye off the big picture and look to cost save rather than efficiency gain. They’ll naturally look to all else around themselves as to what can be manipulated rather than consider adjustment of their approach.
Middle leadership are waiting for steer from above whilst senior leadership make disjointed snap judgements based on personal gut feeling. Leaders emotionally remove themselves from their wider teams and instead go in small minded ‘fixing it themselves’ mode, aka – “I know what to do” rather than hold the breadth of the whole, enfold the right parts of the organisation together to become collectively more creative in solving the dilemmas of the day. This is usually because leaders think that if they solve all the problems they know, then everything will be sorted. It is based on an ego of ‘I can know everything’ and / or ‘I know how to solve it’. Both cases shrink thinking in to one person (or small team) and thus kill the creativity of the collective.
Times like now need people to come together to work on their company and / or industry wide problems. The solution is very much in the big picture. In a growing economy I’d suggest not paying attention to your business, instead pay attention to your industry!
Beyondnowhere limited have been working with international organisations who are financially number one or number two of their field in the world. Successes of our processes and catalysts have seen organisations and groups of organisatinos transform in their style of doing business and therefore in their levels of energy and reward. Cross industry organisations have had top teams learn and experience ways-of -working that tap in to their group intelligence. They are able to codify their approach such that a practical route map holds the team in energetic and purposeful relationship.
When the purpose is energising and the ambition and strategy clear, teams experience a power unlike any other. Held correctly, we have seen thousands of people align and create results beyond expectations, including five times business growth and resourcing cultures with the latest sustainable business practices.
Over five consecutive years in one organisation and six in another, Beyondnowhere has catalysed transformations in divisions, organisations and cross organisations in a value chain.
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