It’s Alive!…in YOU
People often ask me what I do, what my company does. Good questions both, and ones that I have wanted to answer with a simple, one sentence response for a long time. The notion of an easily digestible “elevator speech” or USP has always appealed. And yet, the discovery of this snack-able sound bite has thus far eluded me. Which makes the invitation of this blog’s white space very appealing. Move over USP.
My work, my mission and my company are all focused on helping workplaces come to life and thrive.
To become places alive with energy and contribution. Environments where people feel secure enough for egos to calm and authenticity to come forward, relationships to deepen, support to emerge and human potential to arise. They all go hand in hand—always available and awaiting the invitation.
We tend to spend too much time and energy clinging to our old paradigms as if they were the truth. The painful, yet seemingly ingrained idea, of work as unhappy struggle. Or the mistaken notion that places of business must be devoid of all but the barest traces of humanity…places where displays of care and compassion are viewed as weak or unseemly…environments where people are afraid to let their guard down for fear of some ego-generated retribution… where integrity or acts of kindness are considered not really that important… because after all, it’s business. Really?
The law of the jungle is in need of a rewrite and a relocation program.
Workplaces are not jungles, they are not war zones, they are not fields of competition. That’s old school illusion. They are (already for some) and can be (for all), places alive with healthy human interaction, creativity, expression, achievement, cooperation and fulfillment. Places where people are alive and connected.
This newer workplace reality does not require rocket science, nor is it found in manuals, metrics or machines.
It’s not a product of technology, nor a dispensation of advanced degrees. This reality is made manifest through the will, desire and intention of human beings. Human beings who want to live their lives more fully, who want to experience wellbeing and joy at work, who want more than the “same old, same old” and just good enough.
Whether you know it or not, that may be you. Most of us have become inured to the discomfort, but if you look closely you’ll see it.
You…me…we each have the ability and the power to transform business into a place and an experience where we get to shine and feel alive. It’s absolutely possible.
The first step is simply one of awareness, of getting clear. From there, moving into intention, will and action. If at any time you question what’s possible, take a moment and consider all the constructive efforts that human endeavor is capable of. Once you’ve done that, really take this in…that amazing potential is alive in you.
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