While this is a mouthful it is a recurring theme that has prevailed throughout our discussions, revealing itself in one after another personal example from each of us in class. These dynamics permeate every workplace system without prejudice. If the leadership, culture and team interactions of an organization are healthy, its products will reflect that. If they are not, it will reflect that as well.
Next week we will not be meeting due to the 4th of July holiday, but I would like you to continue to investigate how these three aspects of the workplace are intertwined: Leadership; teams; reward systems; and workplace culture.
For next week:
- (1) Create four separate Diigo lists for this research to mark the separation of the four areas of study (leadership, teams, reward systems, workplace culture).
While they are related and dynamic concepts that flow from one to the other, it is important to understand them separately as well as how they work together. We will use your research the week we return to develop some personal strategies and leadership goals for our careers. I would like to take the concepts we have studied and develop a tangible, systematic approach to handling common workplace situations that will ensure that we are true to ourselves and those we serve. This goes beyond the 'rules for life' that we strive to uphold and should look at how to apply our time tested beliefs in situations that are not ideal and maybe even impossible.
Everyone is a leader. Only the choices of what to teach the world varies. Each one of us communicates something about how to handle things in life through our every day actions and choices.
- (2) From your research develop an initial list of strategies that you will personally employ in the workplace to help you make consistent choices that ensure effective decision making and actions in the workplace.
