Addressing such behavior requires a concerted effort from both individuals and organizations to create a culture of respect, empathy, and accountability in the workplace, which are proven to increase performances and productivity, not to mention making workplaces people don’t dread going to every day.
Taking the leadership mantle for a mightily struggling organization, Bachelder and her leadership team began by committing to a leadership philosophy that would guide everything they did.
“We quickly agreed that this servant leadership notion would guide us going forward. But there was one more thing. We believed that servant leadership would deliver superior results. The performance of the enterprise would be the evidence that we had served others well.”
By all accounts, little--if any--consideration was given to these former players on their way out. Reports circulated that Sanders and his staff did as little as possible to help those former players after abruptly dismissing them from the team, while Sanders bragged about “bringing (his own) luggage with (him), and it’s Louis (Vuitton).”
In the wake of Colorado's upset victory on Saturday, however, those concerns are all but forgotten. They are seen as a regrettable, but insignificant cost of the new normal in college football.
One of the strategies Dalio shared with Redditors was embracing the art of thoughtful disagreement, which offers the opportunity to be “worlds smarter and raise your chances of making better decisions” by being humble and considering the possibility of being wrong…
The importance of humility is not just a product of the modern era, either.
The ancient Romans, one of the most formidable empires the world has ever seen, even had a specialized way of reminding victorious generals to be humble.
For those employees that are being compared and measured against goals that are not aligned with their skill sets and starting points, it can be frustrating to know that even though they are putting in more effort, by the company standards, they are not considered as “good” as others. In fact, these employees frequently find themselves on the receiving end of more negative feedback and criticism than their peers. While that feedback may be given with the noblest and most positive intentions, we forget that we also need to recognize and celebrate people’s growth as it happens.
