2018 continues to be a year of significant growth for 十大正规博彩网站排名, 和 the clichéd response to that is “it’s a good problem to have!”
我想指出的是，虽然这是真的, the word “problem” still sits at the center of that phrase—though I prefer to swap it out for “challenge.” It’s really a collection of different types of challenges: some known, 一些预期, 还有一些人还躲在暗处. 然而, I’m grateful for them as indicators of success. We’re facing them due to our demonstrated quality of service, 市场的后续需求, 和 strength of reputation 和 relationships—as opposed to the types of pressures that come from being overextended, 企业集团所有, 公开交易, 等.
The most powerful tool for tackling these challenges is perhaps the most obvious but underutilized: your team.
我写 广泛 about the trap of succumbing to the dictatorial impulses that come with leadership responsibilities—和 make no mistake, no matter how good you think you are at avoiding it, when the pressure ramps up you have to remain vigilant or you can regress pretty easily. It’s also quite easy to believe that you’re getting full benefit from (和 adequately serving 和 representing) your team when you’re really not.
最近, there were two powerful 和 instructive instances of our team both directly 和 indirectly steering us to make the right decision.
参与你的团队
最近 one of our newer hires was bold enough to honestly tell us that while our overall benefits package was really enticing 和 generous, our parental leave policy just didn’t seem in step with all of the other great stuff.
I love that we have a culture where folks feel safe 和 empowered to say these kinds of things, 而且更喜欢它升级了, immediately prioritized (we were somewhat aware of this but it just hadn’t made it to the top of the list), 和 we had a new policy written up 和 announced in a matter of days (spearheaded of course by the inimitable 诺拉).
I could go on about why this is good for everyone 和 the company at large, 但我想这张纸条说明了一切.
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I’m also happy to announce that in a nutshell, we:
- 假期由8周增加至12周
- Increased fully paid time off to 12 weeks (from 2 followed by 6 at 60% covered by Short Term Disability)
- Introduced a period of flexibility for returning to work
- Increased spousal 和 adoption leave by 1 week (plus the option to use additional PTO)
When you can act quickly on constructive feedback—which admittedly gets more difficult as the size of the organization grows—it can have a big impact.
表彰你的团队
不久之后, a big opportunity came up that was appealing because of its potential to help us achieve future business goals. 然而, after a lot of discussion 和 gathering of different viewpoints, we ultimately decided wasn’t in line with our core values (那些有 从来没有 只是在作秀).
这种事已经不是第一次发生了, but there was a bit of a revelation in the conversation we had this time. What we kept coming back to was that making a decision not in line with our values isn’t merely going against a document or an abstract principle; it’s an affront to the real people who keep showing up—even 和 especially when it’s hard—with excellence, 善良, 诚实, 协作, 好奇心, 和服务.
我的一位同事是这样总结的:
“如果你去为{非常大, 公共咨询公司}, you’re very aware of their primary concerns 和 motivations, 所以如果有人问你(告诉你)?在这样的条件下博彩网站评级, 即使你不喜欢它, 你不会感到惊讶——这是意料之中的事. 但如果你在十大正规博彩网站排名博彩网站评级, you do so because the culture 和 the core values mean something to you… 和 us agreeing to these conditions would be a total record scratch for everyone who works here. 即使我们选择做这项博彩网站评级 , it’s hard to see how it could be successful (和 how it wouldn’t end up poisoning the entire well)—it’s just not compatible with who we actually are.”
是什么决定了你在公司中的地位? You can define values, as we did, but the reality is that you don’t 创造一种文化; you simply encourage 和 support it. A culture is defined 和 given meaning by the lived experiences of the people within it.
作为一个公司，你想成为什么样的人? We have specific targets for growing our business, reputation, 和 reach. Of course we will consider those targets when we’re making decisions. But we will also always consider decisions through the lens of who we actually are. I feel honored to work with a team that makes “who we are” such a challenging, 值得衡量的理想.
让团队参与进来. 尊重你的团队. Sometimes the outcome won’t help your short-term returns, but it’ll feel good where it counts.