We Dare to dream. do you?

What if an organization existed in which employees sought to “give it their all”, pushing themselves to tap into the highest levels of their individual potential? One where everyone believed themselves to be a leader in her own right and a meaningfully contributor to a desired future?

What if teams came together in friction-less ways to produce better ideas, decisions, and implementation than any one member could achieve on their own?

What if there was a workplace where inventiveness was the norm, collaboration the default, relationships built up one another, and joy in work frequently experienced?  

This is no pipe dream. Yes, it can be reality.

How can that happen? We believe when leaders pursue a set of elements they can shape the experience and environment which achieves fulfillment of both individual, team, and organizational aspirations. 

Cultivating the Ground:

• Have a clear, compelling intention:   A powerful intention (the impact we seek to have) and identity (who we seek to be) serve as a magnet for attracting interest, allies, and assets to the cause. The worthiness of the purpose becomes an inspiration for expending “above and beyond” effort.
• Engage formal and informal leaders and their networks: Aligning these leaders across silos and the proverbial organizational fault-lines and growing their openness to co-creative models accelerates commitment and increases efficiency on the ground.
• Align strategy, behaviors, and actions: Choosing and communicating both what to do and what not to do reinforces integrity of word (what is said) and deed (what actually happens), creating the confidence which enables people to commit fully.
• Reinforce an experience and environment that fuels commitment: We need to set our sights beyond engagement of employees to something deeper. When everyone on the team commits head, heart, and hands, the possibilities for success grow exponentially.
• Take care of the well-being of the individual to fuel the well-being of the organization: Healthy organizations reflect the well-being of the people they comprise.  When people are focused and thriving, the organization is more likely to be as well.

What Takes Root (Positive Side-Effects)

In the presence of these conditions,  Belief and Trust are nurtured within the organization. Both belief and trust must exist for an employee to chose (and continue choosing) to commit their whole self (their ideas, their efforts, their energy) in service of the organization. It is Belief in the Guiding Idea: belief in who we are as an organization, why we matter, where we are heading, and how we will make that happen. Critically, it needs to the reflect a belief held by employees that I matter in realizing those aspirations. And it is Trust in Each Other: Trust in leadership, in the organization, and in one another as colleagues and peers. This trust that is influenced by authenticity, consistency, and reliability in word and action.

The Bounty

Through this, fulfillment of organizational and individual aspirations are pursued and realized together. Leaders have been conditioned in dichotomies – in order to achieve X, you need to give up Y, even though both are desired. With these new environmental conditions in place, such trade-offs are revealed to be unnecessary. In this world, productivity goes up and stress goes down. Leaders exert less control and get more people following them. People spend less time in meetings and have greater alignment.  When this happens, we see organizations that are sustainable and ambitious, authentic and efficient, healthy and high performing,

We believe every person and worthwhile purpose deserves such an organization, and we are committed to helping you grow it: through your own leadership, among your team, or  in your organization.