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In this episode...
Why It's So Hard to Be Loving at Work
https://faithfulontheclock.captivate.fm/episode/why-its-so-hard-to-be-loving-at-work
Offices are known as productive environments, but loving ones? Not so much. We’ll highlight three reasons why it’s so difficult to be loving on the job and what you can do to overcome those hurdles in Episode 55 of Faithful on the Clock.
Timestamps:
[00:05] - Intro
[00:35] - Why it’s important to discuss being loving at work
[01:14] - The first hurdle to being loving is the agenda, which constrains natural conversation and makes objectives, not people, the focus.
[02:28] - The second hurdle to being loving is time constraints. Full to-do lists leave little time for people to interact on deeper levels and learn each other’s love languages.
[03:40] - The third hurdle to being loving is social or regulatory constraints. People can fear retaliation, isolation, etc. or be hindered from making loving decisions by company policy/laws.
[04:38] - Building time into your processes will allow for better interaction and simultaneously force you to select what’s truly a top priority for your agenda.
[05:53] - Look at your policies and operations to eliminate bottlenecks, especially around collaboration. The more collaboration you’ve got, the more efficient people are and the more time they’ll have to learn about and love on each other.
[06:52] - Create spaces where people can share when not on task. This doesn’t have to cost tons of money.
[07:56] - Communicate clear intent about wanting a loving environment, model the love you want to see, and provide lots of opportunities so people can use the love languages they are most comfortable with. Refrain from micromanaging and do the inner work to understand where your social fears really come from. With mutual vulnerability, you’ll build trust.
[10:40] - Recap of 3 main points; Creating a loving culture is critical not just for the business, but because it’s what God wants.
[11:15] - Prayer
[11:55] - Outro/What’s coming up next
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