If you didn't catch the nuggets of knowledge when the article The Cause, Cost and Countermeasure to Conflict in an Organization was published with the Project Management Times, you know have the opportunity to read it through the Business Analyst Times. Excerpt, "Recognize the cost of inaction. Managers spend much of their time putting out fires, and yet our discussion to this point has demonstrated that the cure for dysfunction may be closer that you think. By understanding the cost of conflict, we recognize the value of investing in practices that will help our organization to identify and address these hot beds of discordance within our teams." Read more HERE. Tips to help you recognize, realize and reduce conflict causes can be essential to building team engagement. Let us know what you think and if you have found methods that have been helpful with your teams.
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There are things in business that boggle the mind as to how anyone could think this or that was a good idea, discussions that are often opinion based with the benefit of hindsight to judge the offending parties. One area that is very confusing is that there are business entities who are under utilizing the internet as a resource for their services and products. How is it that there are still churches and organizations with similar outreach based emphasis that do not have a website? There is no phone book, so if people want to find you they are going to the internet – it’s been this way for many years now. So, what are the barriers for these service groups to creating a simple web page presence?
First potential barrier, these organizations are so involved in their work that they don’t realize the interest exists. This is unlikely but I suppose it is possible. This level of being off the grid may not need to be helped, unless that was you and this is the first thing you are reading while online. Welcome to the future. Second potential barrier, the belief that every on the internet must cost too much to create an internet friendly presence. This may be a real barrier as there are many non-profit as well as for profit organizations that don’t understand where to start in creating their online presence. If you are a small ministry or a new company it may seem like any amount of money spent on web advertising is prohibitive but any entity that wants to reach people, whether you are serving them or selling them, has to understand that the bulk of those people are online. An entry level website can be very cost effective and even inexpensive as at this point of engagement there are only a few key foundational items that need to be communicated such as location, meeting times and contact information which is very similar to a for profit business in communicating what services are offered and how to make a connection. Third potential barrier, the belief that the internet is too complex to allow for people with no experience or programming knowledge to create websites. Nothing could be further from the truth as most of the entry level tools are nearly fool proof in your ability to create and/or maintain a simple site. Many website generators provide free sites, free templates and simple assistance with upgrades. There are blog sites as well as pages that can be created on social media platforms. Whether an organization or business is willing to try on their own or is looking to hire someone to assist, at the entry level websites can be value friendly with the right partner. What is a website, think of it as your business card that is always working for you. Do you want people to know that you exist and be able to find basic information about how to find where you are, what you do and when you meet? The internet provides this potential for connection at very basic levels as well as opportunities to take advantage of a few key optimizing elements to boost your presence on the world wide web. Don’t let cost or complexity be a barrier to promoting your organization or business online, we have helped several friends, families, organizations and business owners get their start. Look for our IZ Ventures article soon covering where to start when launching your website or social media platform and contact us if you need assistance getting things going. There once was a business leader
You may know him rather well He knew that change was coming But how to get there he could not tell So he paced and he pranced As thoughts in his leadership mind danced Daily he scurried about Going to and fro But never did he pause to listen If answers from within he could glisten He made a call from without And decided to spend a great deal of money Still never pausing to see If his own hive had any honey When the dollars were spent And nothing had changed He turned to his team members But they were estranged The ship had long sailed As the leader refused to listen Let this short story serve as your warning lesson Or you too may find All those who would will not any more Refer to previous article Disruption, Innovation and Simply Listening for more on this topic. For March 2017 Inc. magazine ran a cover that boasted the headline “Disruptors in Residence” wherein the feature article entitled “Inside Job” discussed how many of the biggest brand names around the world are buying startups and collaborating with those entrepreneurial owner bases to innovate. In short the larger and less agile business is learning from the smaller and more culturally connected entity that they have brought under their umbrella of companies. The more agile entrepreneurial leaders are enabled to continue to run within the framework of the parent organization while gaining access to systems that make their business scale-able. In essence it is a win-win as the two organizations merge. Many companies may not be in a position to purchase another organization to usher in a breath of fresh air, but many organizations don’t need to go to these extremes as they may find that they have this connection to the culture, this spirit of innovation and these fresh perspectives all working within their own organization. Large companies will spend millions on consultants, seminars and even acquisitions in search of what Inc. article author Kimberly Weisul describes as, “Inspiration, innovation and startup verve,” yet they fail to source what they already often have internally. If there are no voices offering ideas that could change and improve the organization, it’s not likely that there are no ideas rather the team has determined that the leadership does not listen. If the voices that used to share ideas have gone silent, it may not be that they are out of ideas but rather they are tired of being ignored. Before you close the files on the case of whether employees care or not, perhaps you should investigate whether they are asking the same thing about you (read more on Open Door Policies HERE) and look for our video Listen on Youtube covering this issue. |
AuthorThoughts on personal and professional development. Jon Isaacson, The Intentional Restorer, is a contractor, author, and host of The DYOJO Podcast. The goal of The DYOJO is to help growth-minded restoration professionals shorten their DANG learning curve for personal and professional development. You can watch The DYOJO Podcast on YouTube on Thursdays or listen on your favorite podcast platform.
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