Performance Matters - The Healthy, High-Performing Cultures Issue - 27

" Maintain work/life balance integration. "
It takes 30 seconds to live this insight:
1. Start with authentic acknowledgement.
" I saw what you did, thank you. "
2. Connect the action to the recognition of a strength or talent.
" That action says a lot about you. It's clear that you _____. "
3. Connect the action to the impact it had on others.
" This is what it meant to the team: _____. "
Let's unpack what is often referred to as " work/life balance. " Henry Ford
popularized the eight-hour workday, but the concept is from the 19th century,
a time when work and life were seen as mutually exclusive, in competition,
and operating under different values or rules. These concepts are rooted
in the mindset of a job as a transactional task performed in exchange
for compensation.
However, the wants and needs of workers change as generations of people
mature and others enter the workforce. In McKinsey Quarterly2
, five emerging
personas of workers were explored, including what drives their engagement in
the post-Great Resignation world. Surprise? Only one persona highly valued
compensation as their primary factor in decisions.
Here's what mattered most to the four other
emerging personas of workers:
" Successful employees make it happen for
themselves collaboration their superpower. "
In Big Potential, Shawn contends that most attributes of our potential-including
intelligence, creativity, leadership, personality, and engagement-is interconnected
with other people. Success isn't a marker of individual achievement or accomplishment.
Instead, the people who succeed at work are those who can ask others for help and
rally others to grow.
When we help others achieve success, we not only raise the performance of the group;
we also exponentially increase our own potential. Making others better can take our
success to the next level, because groups with mutual member support enable greater
accomplishments than any individual could achieve alone.
It's like jumping on a trampoline. Alone, you can only jump so high. Yet if someone
jumps with you, and you time it right, they augment the potential energy and you
experience a " super bounce " when, together, you spring up much higher.
Reject the old maxim and instead find positive, authentic influencers who support,
reinforce, and make each other better. Define your success by asking, " How did I help
the team succeed? " Surround yourself with people who give you a super bounce, rather
than knock you down-and be a super-bouncer for others.
* Meaningful work
* Flexibility
* Reliable and supportive peers
* Support for health and well-being
* Sustainable expectations
* Caring and inspiring leaders
* Inclusive and welcoming community
* Safe workplace environment
The more we align personal values and organizational values, the more
we can see that it's the integration of work and life.
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