“I know they are underperforming but they are struggling with depression. We might just have to leave the conversation for now.”
“I can’t talk to them about performance at work at the moment because they are having marriage problems.”
Commonly, these are the comments and attitudes of leaders and managers who genuinely care about others and who, in no way, want to cause further harm to people who are already suffering.
The ROCG Perth/Insight Group are all about helping their clients make wise financial decisions. They are a West Perth based financial services firm incorporating Tax Accounting, Financial Planning, Business Consulting, Lending , R&D services and other financial services. That financial decision often includes investigating whether it will produce an adequate return on investment. So when it came to investing in it’s own cultural change and organisational development, ROCG Perth/Insight did not want to waste time and money in efforts that would have little or no long term impact on their business.
Last month we were privileged to have champion National Basketball League local player and team captain, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist and league champion defender Damian Martin join us as guest speaker at our Oasis Business Breakfast. What Damian shared related so well to the business and personal experiences of many of our attendees and the feedback about the event was fantastic. Immediately after the event, Damian kindly emailed a bunch of thoughts that he really wanted to us to share that didn't make it into his interview. We love his passion!
We have had the privilege of supporting the development of an Executive Team over the past year with some regular learning workshops together. We chose to read our way through Jim Collin's Good to Great over a number of months. In preparation for each workshop, the members of the team would be tasked with reading a chapter and doing some thinking and reflecting on the chapter's applicability to themselves and their organisation.
Trust in the workplace is a bit like oxygen. It is hard to see but try operating very long without it!
This intangible thing called trust can actually be defined quite specifically. Trustworthiness is not something that someone inherently possesses. It is an assessment that one person makes about another. A person can behave in a trustworthy way but if it is not perceived by another then trust will not be present. Trust is in the eye of the beholder.
In the space of 10 hours on Saturday, 3 people in 2 different social settings started talking to me about their dysfunctional and stressful working relationship with their boss. A few days before I heard of another friend on stress leave due to workplace issues. An associate who works in the workers compensation sector informs me that 40% of workers comp claims are stress related.
We have a problem.
