Reading an interesting book – Nine Lies About Work!
Organization’s culture is key to success. Strategic planning is essential. Competencies should be measured, weaknesses shored up. Leadership is a thing. Feedback builds.
These sound like basic truths about work lives. But actually, strengths gurus Marcus Buckingham, Cisco Leadership, Team Intelligence Head – Ashley Goodall show in a provocative, inspiring book that there’re distortions & faulty assumptions each time we show up to work. Nine lies, to be exact. Causes dysfunction, ultimately resulting in work-places as a pale shadow of what they could be.
Leaders recognise power, beauty of individual uniqueness. Think emergent patterns are more valuable than received wisdom. With engaging stories, incisive analysis, authors reveal essential truths leaders recognise immediately – cohesiveness of team not company’s culture that matters most. Focus less on top down planning, more on giving manager’s clear, reliable, real-time intelligence. Rather than trying to align people’s goals, strive to align people’s sense of purpose. People don’t want constant feedback, they want helpful, empathetic attention.
Quite entertaining, intriguing analysis…