Be the change you want to see in the world.
Gandhi
Leadership action can help transform a toxic work environment into a healthy workplace culture – a place that appeals, engages, develops and retains its workers.
You CAN Affect Change!
Consider the impact on your environment if your workplace culture enabled your people to:
- Share information openly
- Think of mistakes as opportunities for learning
- Be loyal and defend colleagues in their absence
- Talk straight with people and confront real issues
- Make every effort to collaborate; have real communication, were candid and authentic
- Practice generosity and share credit with others
- Cultivate a positive outlook and express themselves with energy and enthusiasm
Professional coaches help facilitate this process. As the Scottish psychiatrist, RD Laing, once said
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little that we can do to change, until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
Self awareness, self management and interpersonal skills are developed by improving emotional intelligence.
It’s Never Too Late to Take Action
Things which matters most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The safe and supportive environment the coaching relationship creates enables you identify the causes of anxiety, and associated personal and workplace stressors. Awareness is the greatest agent of choice. You now see your situation with clarity and, with the help of your coach, design action steps to help navigate the situation. In the process, you learn to reclaim your personal power and make self-enlightened choices.
About Julia von Flotow
