How are you responding to the current frustrations in your world? So many organizations are pushing their employees harder and harder. Many supervisors, managers, and executives are falling back to a more autocratic demanding style of management. Goals are tending to be less realistic as managers just want to find a way to get it done.
More than ever it is up to us to create our own response to the business environment. If we get caught up in the anger, frustration, and disillusionment of today’s world, we are the ones whose health decreases, who are miserable when we go home, and who just want to find a way out.
Have you noticed what you are saying lately? Notice if it sounds something like “This is unfair, I am miserable, or I cannot take this anymore”. What can you say to yourself that is realistic, more positive and hopeful?
For executives and owners: notice if the drive to do more with less has undermined your ability to deal with the people side of your business. Have you stopped practicing some of your skills for getting results through people? Many of these are hard earned skills. They may need some minor adjustments in this environment, but people skills are still key to long term success. What are you saying to yourself and to others? Is this what you really want to be saying?