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The mix

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Everyone would love to work for a company that says no to what is shiny and short term.

Everyone would love to work for a boss who prioritises their team’s advancements before their own.

Everyone would love to work for a company that cares about long-term impact and a lot less about quarterly reports.

Everyone would love to work for a management team who is putting their money where their mouth is.

Everyone would love to feel involved, motivated, and capable.

And yet, (almost) nobody does.

It turns out, doing what people love, what we all love, is much more difficult then writing it on a piece of paper.

It requires that mix of courage and impertinence that most people don’t have.

When you are not around

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Your legacy is not how much you will be missed when you are on holiday, when you are not in a meeting, when you will leave the company.

Your legacy is how much things can happen when you are not around.

Behaviour

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I am not sure life is simple, but this is a great reminder of how culture, authenticity, and leadership work.

There’s the things you wish you were doing.

There’s the things you’re saying that you’re doing.

There’s the things you are actually doing.

Behaviour is not a wish, is not a best case scenario, is not a finish line that you never get to reach. Behaviour is here and now. It is today.

What are you waiting for?

While we do that

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Just because you don’t agree with the decision, it doesn’t mean a decision was not taken.

Just because you don’t like what is happening, it doesn’t mean things are not progressing.

Just because you don’t see eye to eye with a colleague, it doesn’t mean they will not continue to do their job.

We spend time trying to ensure that what is going on out there is in line with what (we think) is going on in here.

And while we do that, the world moves on.

Useless

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If one of your core principles is Respect, I doubt there is anybody in your team who feels they are not being respectful. Most likely, there are a few who feel they are being disrespected.

If one of your core principles is Customer Centricity, I doubt there is anybody in your team who thinks they are not putting the customer first. Most likely, there are a few customers who think they are not important.

If one of your core principles is Agility, I doubt there is anybody in your team who believes they are slow and unproductive. Most likely, there are a few who believe the team could achieve more.

There’s a moment when concepts, and values, and principles stop being useful in getting people on the same boat.

That’s why you should use (positive) examples instead.