In Metronomics’ author Shannon Susko’s experience, culture makes the difference in business success. A great strategy, execution, and cash flow will not achieve success unless your team is cohesive, harmonious, accountable, and focused on the same dream.
This idea has been reinforced in my coaching as well. Every business I coached to achieve significant success had a great culture.
Gallup’s Q12 (Employee Engagement Survey) is the preeminent tool used today to determine employee engagement. It consists of 12 Questions which are grouped into stages.
In BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0): Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company, Jim Collins shares what inspires people to perform beyond their normal work.
“John Gardner, former secretary of health, education, and welfare and founder of Common Cause, told us a fascinating study on heroism he was involved with. The study asked the question: what motivates people to heroic behavior? The overwhelming answer was not glory, or country, or patriotism, or anything like that. It was primarily a person’s belief that comrades were depending on him, and he couldn’t let them down.”
The question seems reasonable. Yet when you think about it, and the revelation Collins and Gardner provide, it becomes more apparent why the question is important.
If you imagine your willingness to help someone you don’t or barely know, versus someone who is your best friend, suddenly this question makes more sense. If your best friend needs your help, how likely will you not help them?
Building a culture that provides this takes time. It’s not done overnight, however, when you want to build a business that outperforms your competition, and most of all completely overwhelms and satisfies your customers, this type of heroic behavior can and should be commonplace.
To create an environment where everyone is inspired to give their best, contact Positioning Systems today to schedule a free exploratory meeting.
Growth demands Strategic Discipline.
Building a great enduring organization requires disciplined people, disciplined thought, disciplined action, superior results, producing a distinctive impact on the world.
A winning habit starts with 3 Strategic Disciplines: Priority, Metrics, and Meeting Rhythms. Forecasting, accountability, individual, and team performance improve dramatically.
Meeting Rhythms achieve a disciplined focus on performance metrics to drive growth.
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