INSPIRED to Belong!
What is the future of leading people and culture? First it starts with what do employees want? We have observed the following five areas as to what employees are looking for:
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- Happiness
- Freedom
- Purpose (independence & connectedness)
- Collaboration
- Belonging
The fifth area is the game changer. How can you create a sense of belonging and connectedness where people feel heard, valued, cared for, and respected as a human in what they do, say and be.
When Ford took over the Jaguar company, they implemented a culture change to improve their competitiveness, given the changes in the car industry. Specifically, they wanted an organizational culture that moved from traditional manufacturing techniques to new values of flexibility, initiative, and responsibility. To engage in this culture change, Jaguar first assessed the employees’ current beliefs and attitudes to know where things stood. They then engaged in an extensive set of multiple communication and participation strategies, including three-day management workshops about the change. Through extensive communication and participation, employees were able to more effectively understand and accept the culture change.
At Speakers Institute Corporate, culture is embedding in everything we do both internally and externally when working with clients and interacting with prospects. Our recent Speakers Institute Corporate Showcase Events with the theme Future of Leading People and Culture on what it takes to create, build and maintain a successful culture with a sense of belonging. We focused on your gravity of leadership at the recent Melbourne, Bangalore and Mumbai Showcase events in May and will continue to share inspiring future trends and ideas in Sydney and Canberra in Q3.
How are you approaching the future to leading people and culture and ensuring that your people are your greatest priorities?
Diversity and Inclusion is a hot topic. When it comes to inclusion, we need to go beyond just gender, race age and religion to the underlying essence of what it takes to prevent people feeling excluded. The unknown problem of exclusion is behaviour, non-verbal communication and the language that we speak which may consciously or subconsciously have a negative effect on people where they feel like they dont belong and/or hurt. On the 8th June, Nerissa Trindade will deliver a powerful Speakers institute Corporate thought leadership series event on Inclusive Language. You don’t want to miss it, so please sign up below.
If you need support in creating a more inclusive culture that creates a sense of belonging and connectedness, then please reach out and arrange a call with me and we can discuss further.
Have a great week!
Best Regards
Craig Johns
