Remote Control - How do I properly monitor my employees?

Description

When it comes to questioning and changing organizational structures, you usually get a friendly smile from the board or the executive floor, if at all. Many find it difficult to question the status quo at all and to look for possibilities and ways to do things differently, to make work better, for the individual as well as for the community. Actually, this is one of the core competencies of entrepreneurship. Seeing things that others don't see and then creating something new from them.

But it seems that most organizations have understood this on the output level, but when it comes to the operational, background, and core, i.e. the people in the organization, we are still firmly anchored in the 19th century in thinking and acting.

Listeners and viewers can find out how this can be and what alternatives there are in this exciting conversation with Peter Pröll.

Questions and views highlighted in this episode:

What does agility mean in the original sense?
What are the consequences of the permanent surveillance culture in the workplace?
Creating clarity is essential
Bullshitbingo Letting go
Meaningfulness of work and the direct relation health/illness
The motivation of people is blaming
Pressure and control are out of place in agile environments

EXCERPTS YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUMP IN

[07:50] Agility in small and large companies. Is there a difference?
[12:30] Quickly back to the office. We need short feedback loops and need to know what our employees are doing.
[18:11] Are we measuring company success or individual employee success.
[22:00] The pandemic is like a burning glass that exacerbates the problems.
[25:07] The arrogance of the head office must be driven out.
[28:30] How is an organization actually structured in a meaningful way?
[39:24] Is it even possible to motivate people? And if so, how?
[51:00] Pressure and fear certainly don't lead to high performance.
[53:34] No pressure, no push. Always pull.

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For our international community. This is a German episode and you can find the transcript of this conversation now in more than 20 languages on our blog, at happy scribe public, or watch the video with subtitles for this episode on our YouTube Chanel.