Trust Me

Trust Me

As a business owner, there is an interesting corollary between hats and trust. In that, I mean the number of hats I feel compelled to wear in my business is oftentimes directly related to the level of trust I place in those that work in and for my company. Or, more accurately, do not place. My perceived workload as well as my concern about the health and future of my business are nearly always a barometer of how well I am trusting the vibrant resources in my midst. Trust is a big deal in business. It cannot be commanded nor intellectually generated. Once established, it can disappear in a flash. Trust is experienced not in the mind, but elsewhere. It can inform the mind, but it’s held in the heart. Which is why it can be such a challenge to foster in business. Workplaces are not traditionally environments where we allow our heart access. The truth is, if you want to activate trust within a company, the human heart is going to need to be involved. Otherwise, it’s simply a mental concept, impotent and without value. The best way to understand how to develop trust in others is to understand how it develops within ourselves. While our openness and ability to trust varies dramatically, the elements that foster it are shared. Consistency, honesty and empathy are critical to building trust. Whereas inconstancy, duplicity and indifference will prevent it from developing and ravage what trust exists. There is no tactical game plan for building trust in a company and without it, the true potential of any given enterprise will be largely unrealized. Leading is about vision, mission and action. Most importantly, however, it’s about developing trust within oneself and within the hearts of the people of the company. The level of trust each person experiences within the organization for the organization, will directly impact their work and performance. Trust engages the heart and spirit. It’s the vital component between lackluster and good, good and great. Leaders begin the work of building trust in others by first trusting others. Need trust? Becoming aware of that 24/7 security vigilante otherwise known as your ‘ego’ will help.  Discover 7 Ways to Quiet Security-Seeking Egos in the Workplace right...

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We Interrupt This Program

We Interrupt This Program

  Companies, as an entity, emit a certain quality or energy. That particular quality is a product of the collective culture of the organization. Firmly within that collective is leadership, powerfully influencing and shaping both the culture and the quality it emits. Like a beacon or harbinger, this unnamed and largely unacknowledged quality broadcasts outward. Beyond carefully designed branding and/or PR, this quality is communicated through the interactions people of the company have with those outside of it. Vendors, customers, friends and family of employees, consultants and others are able to perceive a great deal about the company even tangentially. Like some kind of fascinating sonar, information is being transmitted. As humans, we are big energetic cue readers. We’ve needed it to get the group to 2015. It may seem like we are all communicating on a mostly verbal and visual dimension, but there is much more “communication” happening and much of it is soundless and sightless. This quality, that we are less aware of, is energetic. Try as we might, this is not a quality that takes its orders from marketing gurus, ad agencies or even the C level. For company leadership, this is a very important realization to get. The energetic quality of an organization will be transmitted. The pervasive cultural quality will echo forth. If there is a preponderance of dissent, corruption, confusion, discord, rancorous competition, anger, greed or mean-spiritedness, that’s the signal. If there is a prevalence towards care, fulfillment, supportiveness, openness, collegiality, happiness or the valuing of contribution, that will be the signal. Ask someone their thoughts about any given organization they interact with and they may or may not be able to articulate them. But, they will act and behave in accordance to them—articulated or not. Those actions and behaviors show up in the form of sales, customer loyalty, referrals, productivity, healthcare costs, new hires, attrition and many others. Human evolution has crafted some well-honed tools over the last 200,000 years. Not the least of which, is our ability to interpret energy. Regardless of ad campaigns, HR posters, PR spins or company mission statements, that channel of communication is open and operating on a very powerful frequency. It is imperative for leadership to tune in. Discover “8 Powerful Ways” you can affect and influence the energy your company emits. 8 Powerful Ways to Energize Your People...

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Our Work & Mission

Our Work & Mission

Our Mission At Work At the core of everything related to Momentum and the work they do, is Mission. Founder Barb Hammer describes the evolution that led to the programs and services Momentum offers and explains why creating great workplaces is more vital than ever....

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Leading Forward: Patrick Schneider

Leading Forward: Patrick Schneider

Patrick O. Schneider | Schneider Company, Inc. The story of business owner, Patrick Schneider, and his decision to move his company beyond status quo, seek help and grow his company with intention.   )

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What’s Really Going On In Your Business?

What’s Really Going On In Your Business?

What’s Really Going On In Your Business? There’s an old adage—you don’t know, what you don’t know. Applying it to business—it’s hard to move something forward, if you don’t know it’s stuck. Whether it’s a faulty process, an ineffective relationship, an outdated system or a limiting belief—they all impede forward motion in business. Learn more through your own “awareness” and Momentum’s needs discovery conversation....

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