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How do we getgruntled at work? Getting ourselves engaged ......
Copenhagen, a Friday in April with a respected colleague - one of the most caring people I know...... what i thought about as i got in the taxi and headed back to the airport and home for the weekend.
With all my previous ranting about how bad things look given all the disgruntled people around the world there is some good news I think. With all my experiences across the globe, I see the vast majority of grunting can be solved by us – everyday people in every part of the organisation. We can do three simple, but very important things:
1. stop grunting ourselves
2. start looking for ways to getgruntled and
3. provide our businesses with solutions for getting gruntled.
Each year businesses spend millions on consultants and agencies to help them find the holy grail of getting gruntled - we/they call it employee engagement. Let’s start by helping ourselves to get engaged or getgruntled, after all, arent we experts at what really turns us on at work?
Grunting is often caused directly by us and how we work with each other each day as much as it is by our organisations or management. The way we choose to talk with each other, how we choose to act with each other and how we choose to react to each other all has an impact on our level of gruntlement. Whether we are managers, supervisors or the people who the work gets done by, we have a huge impact on each others levels of disgruntlement. So therefore wouldn’t you think it’s a joint responsibility to solve?
I believe, The Secret to the first steps to getting gruntled at work, is getting your own mind set right. It starts with you (or me). Here are the simple things I've decided to (try) to live by (OK, sometimes things can still get you pretty disgruntled and we're not perfect creatures are we?) as my starting point - no brainers arent they?:
- use Fair trade – get what you expect, give what other people expect; a fair days work for a fair days pay, a good conversation about an item that's important to another person, providing feedback to someone who requested it; following up that what you said would get done, got done.
- Using basic manners and humanity in all we do - Its more than please and thank you, its about acknowledging people for what they are, people, and to answer the unanswered ‘what’ questions people want to ask but often don’t.
- Substitute facts for fiction – they are always more interesting. Conventional wisdom is not always correct, but facts are.
- Be a special kind of emotional & get people emotional. Humans are emotional, they act emotionally and they work with passion – use the power of emotion the right way.
- Using ‘I’ is ok in the right context: ‘I care about you, I want you to be successful, I need you’.
- Look for the wow factor - How can I wow someone and help them wow me?
- Discretion and honesty above all - I’ll say it again – discretion & honesty above all.
- Give what you can, when you can, however you can. It’s not just about money.
What have you given today – through your time, your effort, a look of interest, or somply a smile?
With all my previous ranting about how bad things look given all the disgruntled people around the world there is some good news I think. With all my experiences across the globe, I see the vast majority of grunting can be solved by us – everyday people in every part of the organisation. We can do three simple, but very important things:
1. stop grunting ourselves
2. start looking for ways to getgruntled and
3. provide our businesses with solutions for getting gruntled.
Each year businesses spend millions on consultants and agencies to help them find the holy grail of getting gruntled - we/they call it employee engagement. Let’s start by helping ourselves to get engaged or getgruntled, after all, arent we experts at what really turns us on at work?
Grunting is often caused directly by us and how we work with each other each day as much as it is by our organisations or management. The way we choose to talk with each other, how we choose to act with each other and how we choose to react to each other all has an impact on our level of gruntlement. Whether we are managers, supervisors or the people who the work gets done by, we have a huge impact on each others levels of disgruntlement. So therefore wouldn’t you think it’s a joint responsibility to solve?
I believe, The Secret to the first steps to getting gruntled at work, is getting your own mind set right. It starts with you (or me). Here are the simple things I've decided to (try) to live by (OK, sometimes things can still get you pretty disgruntled and we're not perfect creatures are we?) as my starting point - no brainers arent they?:
- use Fair trade – get what you expect, give what other people expect; a fair days work for a fair days pay, a good conversation about an item that's important to another person, providing feedback to someone who requested it; following up that what you said would get done, got done.
- Using basic manners and humanity in all we do - Its more than please and thank you, its about acknowledging people for what they are, people, and to answer the unanswered ‘what’ questions people want to ask but often don’t.
- Substitute facts for fiction – they are always more interesting. Conventional wisdom is not always correct, but facts are.
- Be a special kind of emotional & get people emotional. Humans are emotional, they act emotionally and they work with passion – use the power of emotion the right way.
- Using ‘I’ is ok in the right context: ‘I care about you, I want you to be successful, I need you’.
- Look for the wow factor - How can I wow someone and help them wow me?
- Discretion and honesty above all - I’ll say it again – discretion & honesty above all.
- Give what you can, when you can, however you can. It’s not just about money.
What have you given today – through your time, your effort, a look of interest, or somply a smile?
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TOP REASONS PEOPLE ARE DISGRUNTLED AT WORK - what are yours? Start a blog on how to fix this
1. I have different expectations than another generation.
2. I hear too much corporate speak and bable in the workplace.
3. I don't get credit for work done, ideas, or a good job.
4. I feel unappreciated or under appreciated.
5. My opinion doesn't count.
6. I don't feel I am being developed or learning something new.
7. I feel a negative vibe at work.
8. I dont feel I have the right tools or processes to do a good job.
9. i dont feel rewarded for the effort i put in.
10. I don't feel my health and welfare is put first.
2. I hear too much corporate speak and bable in the workplace.
3. I don't get credit for work done, ideas, or a good job.
4. I feel unappreciated or under appreciated.
5. My opinion doesn't count.
6. I don't feel I am being developed or learning something new.
7. I feel a negative vibe at work.
8. I dont feel I have the right tools or processes to do a good job.
9. i dont feel rewarded for the effort i put in.
10. I don't feel my health and welfare is put first.
Top GetGruntled Ideas for individuals
1.Stop your own grunting
a.Identify the Grunt factors in your work life
b.Find ways to eliminate your grunt factorsc. Start looking for things that are right.
2. Identify what you do that causes others to grunt and stop doing it!
3.Look at what others do that causes grunt factors
a.Management styles – how does the boss interact with their people?
b.Look for Babel at work and get rid of it
4.Create GetGruntled moments, things that can change your world at work.
a.Identify the Grunt factors in your work life
b.Find ways to eliminate your grunt factorsc. Start looking for things that are right.
2. Identify what you do that causes others to grunt and stop doing it!
3.Look at what others do that causes grunt factors
a.Management styles – how does the boss interact with their people?
b.Look for Babel at work and get rid of it
4.Create GetGruntled moments, things that can change your world at work.
GetGruntled Ideas for Companies
Look for ways to create getgruntled moments:
- get people involved at work to feel truly appreciated and have a vote at work
- address workplace stress and health issues
- help managers to create getgruntled moments in their peoples days
- show people how they can get into work to get more out of it!
- get people involved at work to feel truly appreciated and have a vote at work
- address workplace stress and health issues
- help managers to create getgruntled moments in their peoples days
- show people how they can get into work to get more out of it!
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