Values « Small Fish Business Coaching

Showing gratitude

Your organization has survived a tumultuous 2009. Here we are at the end of the year, at the end of the first decade of the third millennium, but you’ve been able to hang on. Do your employees know how much you appreciate their hard work and sacrifices?

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You ALWAYS have more resources than you think

Overflow I was doing an interesting exercise with my own coach this morning, working on a major topic for my fledgling company. In particular, we had a great exploration of resources that I have available to me. It ended up turning into a “homework assignment” that I’m currently working on.

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Fear is not engagement

Fear An excellent article in Workforce Management connects with the impending crisis in retention of top employees that I mentioned before:

Commitment Issues—Restoring Employee Engagement

Companies are missing the big picture these days when it comes to employee engagement. And if they don’t widen the lens soon, firms could find themselves crippled in their efforts to claw out from the recession, abandoned by their best workers once hiring picks up and left behind in an emerging business era of greater transparency, interactivity and social responsibility.

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The art of possibility

I thought you would appreciate this wonderful video. (If it doesn’t play above, you can click here for the original post.) If you haven’t heard of Benjamin Zander, and his Art of Possibility, this can open your eyes to a different way of thinking.

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This company's core values

NSEW I’ve talked with a number of people about creating a values-based company, and became convinced that this would help me to create the kind of company that I will be proud of.

Often a company’s “values” or “mission statement” look like they were created by a committee, and end up losing their impact. More importantly, you see a significant difference between the stated values and how people really behave. You get the impression that it’s mostly a marketing exercise.

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The crisis of character

Gus Lee I had a chance to attend a fantastic workshop this morning, led by the incomparable Gus Lee. Never heard of him? He’s a leader in challenging people to find and develop a core of character in their lives.