LEADERS VALUING

[a piece being worked on for upcoming book]:

Think about the phrase, PEOPLE, OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE. Seen that or heard that somewhere before? For many years it has been a popular slogan, motto or marketing used by companies to make their people believe that they are considered important. First off, organizations don't make this belief a reality, every individual leader does......or doesn't.

Rarely does it really play out in the WALK, it’s just TALK…many employees tell me this. You're thinking the same thing right now aren’t you; about your current job or recent situation or organization where you worked?

In fact, this is probably the resource that is the most UNDER-valued. Consider for a moment, all the other resources within your organization…time, money, inventory, machinery, facilities, etc. Think how much effort is put into managing these other resources - doing preventive maintenance, planning and organizing, fixing, repairing, replacing, etc.
Organizations tend to be pretty proactive regarding other resources; however when it comes to people, it is pretty much all reactive.

We do spend time on people - reacting to people problems: behaviors, performance issues, conflicts, problems, lack of team skills, leadership ineffectiveness, relations on the team and between depts, etc.

The PEOPLE-SYSTEM (the culture, teamwork, leadership, relationships, management, morale, baggage, history, attitude, promotion, succession…) receives the least amount of effort on the front end typically.

Here’s a really important question for the leader to reflect upon: Do you REALLY value him/her/them? Do you feel like each one of your folks is just as important as the others? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

Hope you are feeling valued. Have a blessed day, BOOKER