Maintaining Morale in Tough Times
A member of a LinkedIn group I subscribe to wanted to know how to help his staff maintain morale in tough times. And, while many offered some pretty good suggestions about reminding people of their accomplishments and reiterating Big Picture goals and objectives, I took a slightly different tack:
"I’m actually not all that sure that “Maintaining Morale in Tough Times!” is the right goal in these times. I think that maintaining “realness” might actually be more appropriate. Three potential problems with the “morale” play:
"I’m actually not all that sure that “Maintaining Morale in Tough Times!” is the right goal in these times. I think that maintaining “realness” might actually be more appropriate. Three potential problems with the “morale” play:
- It can too easily come off as being manipulative
- It belies reality
- Many (most?) managers probably can’t pull it off as intended
“Realness”, however, is … well, REAL. In other words, it passes the sniff test. So I’d suggest any five or six of the following:
- REAL authenticity
- REAL respect
- REAL regard
- REAL focus
- REAL attention
- REAL caring
- REAL interest
- REAL authenticity
- REAL courageousness
- That is, REAL ... leadership!
Agree? Disagree? What'd I miss?
Labels: Fear/Courageousness, Getting Unstuck, Motivation, Success at Work
posted by Barry Zweibel at 7:29 AM
2 Comments:
Ingenious use of different media. Thanks very much for the difference.
Thanks for your comment, Sharon. I appreciate you posting your thoughts.
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