Disruption, improvisation, forced change management vs. proactive, clairvoyant, strategic, transformative!!!!! What’s your choice? One creates change under necessity and stress while the other creates a new path. one creates anxiety and the other anticipation. One is about getting out of the rut while the other is about envisioning and achieving glory.
A normal intelligent man gives his very best while under pressure for it’s a matter of survival. He does get out of the rut giving it his all and then feels a sense of accomplishment. But, remember in a hunt, the deer has its life at stake while the cheetah has food on the take. It could lead to a sense of false complacency and a confidence that he can get out of any scenario. Great attitude to develop for sure. But how many of us really capitalize on that recovery and lead it to resounding success? To Glory? How many of us are good at handling success? How many of us capitalize, strategize, plan and translate that “never say die” attitude to WE WILL WIN continuously attitude?
Have you wondered how certain organizations continue to grow at breakneck pace while a lot of organizations are stuck at a plateau, stagnate and start experimenting alternate methods continually for results flounder and frustration sets in? What is the key that differentiates the two organizations? When change is inside out and prioritised, the growth is intuitive, intrinsic and part of the organization culture and when change is forced, outside in, growth becomes necessity, forced, desperate and also becomes part of organization culture. One is climbing higher while the other is climbing out. When you are constantly playing the catchup game growth stunts. People get into the behaviour of responding only when there are no other options and that sets the culture and behaviour of the organization itself. With such a performance culture, growth is unpredictable, irregular, and tactical. In such scenarios, ethics, strategic priorities, profits take a beating for survival becomes foremost. Pyrrhic victories lead to unfulfilled, pointless so-called accomplishment.
The organizations that thrive continuously are the ones that can adapt, adopt, transform with commitment, evolution and perseverance entwined into the organization culture. Is there a way to build that kind of an organization? Very much but it starts with the leaders. Leaders in organizations should realize that they are responsible for the success of every employee in the organization It’s not important to be liked by everyone and considered genial but it’s extremely critical to be admired. Admiration motivates and inspires; geniality creates comfort and relationship. Admiration comes out of character, capability, and performance. Geniality comes out of sympathetic inclination, acceptance of failures, and amicability.
So, what do you want to be? Admired or Liked?
