Are people Thriving or
Surviving in their workplace?. Have you ever asked this question of yourself?
But what are the core
traits embedded in each reality?. Let’s try to summarize them all and give some
examples.
Surviving companies are those with surviving employees. They do not have
a clear purpose or just a limited one (surviving until the end of the month,
end of the year or as much as we can…). The company is doing just enough to pay
off the loans. And the employee is running as fast as they can inside the
hamster wheel where, in the end, nobody is going anywhere.
Surviving company cultures
avoid what they perceive as negative feedback up to and including manipulating key
performance data. These types of organizations see human error as the source of
all terror. Where predators are everywhere. Where we look to inefficient people, experts
in self-defense, for our salvation and where the Ego is the official dress code.
On the contrary, we can
appreciate the sheer human joy of playing in a Thriving organization, whose key feature is an overwhelming
and common passion. Employees in these organizations wake up with an enthusiasm
and burning desire to face their daily work challenges, as they feel they have
the maximum freedom and license to express themselves.
Thriving companies give
their employees the permission to fail and learn from that failure. Progress is
not linear. That’s why the smile is the shape of a thriving environment.
Imagination has no limits and
every “No” is substituted by a “why not?”. In this kind of environment,
employees think “I want” and not “I should”. They thrive with a healthy
competition based on absolute sincerity and warmed bloodied confidence in one
another, not reptilian self-destructive self-interest. They want the best for
each other, so they show the best of themselves.
Thriving companies have clear
defining quest. They bring inspiring challenges and have a great story to tell.
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