The tough talk on random topics continues this week as Maria and Michelle return to the topic of growth within organizations and just how important it is. As they have noted before, good people leave organizations if they do not receive that development that challenges them and instills that innovative spirit so critical to the success of any company. Organizations that ignore this crucial component do so at their peril, and today our REL Talk hosts explain precisely why that is, and how you can avoid that fate.
The need to address each level within departments when elevating them, as well as the different sets of skills involved, kick off today’s discussion. Our hosts then look at the value of investing in leadership team development, challenging your organization and team members, and the relationship between strategic thinking and change. The episode finishes up by outlining the danger of ending up in a vicious cycle of mistakes and the key takeaways for listeners. The critical nature of growth and development within an organization cannot be overstated, and, as you listen in today, you will understand the reasons for this and what steps you can take to make it a reality in your workplace.
The Finer Details of This Episode:
· Addressing each level when elevating departments
· The different sets of skills
· Investing in leadership team development
· Challenging your organization and team members
· Strategic thinking and change
· Vicious cycles of mistakes
· Key takeaways
Quotes:
“It's insane how organizations can get passed by because their employees don't have the right development or growth to challenge them and create and instill that innovative spirit within them to stay ahead for the future.”
“As people, we want to be challenged and pushed to the next level.”
“Depending on where you are in that kind of continuum, if you will, it changes the type of growth or development that you need.”
“Thinking strategically, building purposeful relationships, that could be something that needs to be delivered from a corporate level. But to supplement that, each department should have a budget of development that they can use how it is necessary within their team.”
“If Apple didn't have Steve Jobs challenging each and every person to be innovative, where would Apple be today?”
“Growth means constantly challenging your organization, constantly challenging your team members.”
“Thinking about, like, how you get your employees the tools and resources they need to be cross collaborative, which creates that growth, which creates that development, which creates communications and opportunities for them to have resources to present differently to elevate themselves, is going to be a critical component moving forward.”
“A lot of times that change in that innovation that you're trying to get people comfortable with has nothing to do with you being innovative. It's that you didn't think things through strategically in the beginning, and now you're paying the price of trying to backpedal and change things.”
“I find your ability to challenge a leader as the best example of whether or not your company is innovative.”
“One of the things that we try to do here at REL Talent is keep things real for you.”
“As an employee, you've got to learn to own your own development.”
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