3-1,4-1 Discussion Post 10

1. Company and Strategy–Thereisa20%declineinthe“My

companycaresaboutitsemployees”questionfromFourYears

agototoday.

2. Job Satisfaction–Thereisaprecipitousdeclinefor3core

elementshere.“Myjobmakesgooduseofmyskillsandability”,

“Iamverysatisfiedwithmyjob”,and“Mysupervisorshows

appreciationformywork”.Allthreeoftheseseedeclinesover

4yearsbetween27%-31%.

3. Working Conditions–Thereisadecreaseacrosstheboardby

thesemetrics,thestandoutis“Providesleadershipwhoactin

justandethicalways”ata34%declineover4years.

Itiscleartomesomeoftheleadershipbehaviorsthatshouldbeof

focusareforleaderstohavebehaviorsconsistentwithcompany

valuestosetanexample.Jobsatisfactionislow,recognitionofjobs

welldonecanimproveemployeesatisfactionwiththejob.Based

uponJobSatisfactioncriteria,individualsfeeltheycancontribute

moreandmaynotfeelvalued.Byfiguringoutawaytocareand

supportforstaffcouldbebeneficial.

Someoftheskills/principlesfromtheorganizationalleader’stoolkit

wouldbe;challengetheprocess,encouragetheheartandenable

otherstoact.Challengetheprocesscouldgivestafftrustintheir

voicemattering.Enablingotherstoactcanhelpimproveuponstaff

feelingleadersarenotdoingthingsinethicalways,thatspeakingup

isencouraged.Encouragingtheheartisaboutcaring,thatthe

companycaresaboutthestaff,thiscanmakeeveryonefeel

appreciated.

Alltheseskillsworkindependentlyandinterchangeablywitheach

other.Whatthatmeansisessentially"arisingtidesraisesallboats".

Stafffeelingstheyareencouragedtospeakupcanmakethemfeel

thecompanycaresmore,thatunethicalbehaviorisnotwelcomeand

thatcaninturnmakepeopleoverallhappierwiththevisionofthe

company.Longstoryshortonecanexpectimprovingoneaspectin

turnwillimproveoneoftheothersaswell.

References

Kouzes,J.M.(2021).Leadership Challenge.WileyCustomLearning

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