Rethinking Employee Empowerment and Loyalty

How can we reduce stress for our people and empower them at all levels?

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Simon is an unshakable optimist. He believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together.

Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Simon has devoted his professional life to help advance a vision of the world that does not yet exist; a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every single morning inspired, feel safe wherever they are and end the day fulfilled by the work that they do.

Simon is the author of multiple best-selling books including Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, Together is Better, and The Infinite Game.

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[alexmiles]

I work for a group of A-holes. This is exactly what I needed to hear this Monday morning. Thank you!

[SocialMediaKeyWest]

"If it goes wrong I will stand beside you as you try and mend it..." Simon's youtube clips are always great!

[Goldenheart]

If companies took a step back, looked at the big picture, put their egos aside and valued the wisdom, perspectives, opinions and ideas of all of their employees the face of the company would look much different.✨ By taking a more common sense and collaborative approach towards increasing productivity, obtaining new fresh and innovative ideas and recognizing that each part of the team is needed in order for the company to run properly, survive and thrive everyone wins including the client/ consumer. 💛 Great clip Simon and reminder that healthy communication and mutual respect both go a long way in achieving success in all areas of our lives. 🙌 It truly is amazing how many truths can be packed into a clip that is less than two minutes.👏

[allnonethevoid]

This feels like it ties back to how corporate profits are the true product of modern business. Shareholder margins, not services and goods, stand at the center of company visions

[fedecasbla]

Brilliant! Keep posting Simon and team! Love the way that you actually see the enterprise world!

[vassman]

So true!! I think companies are figuring it out a little bit, but very slowly. They're losing leverage. These leaders are the ones that got us in this messed up position in the first place.

[endershader]

THIS IS THE VERBAGE I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR. Well communicated Simon, thank you.

[beaustange]

Might be your best review of a movie I’ve seen. Not because of your opinions but because it felt like you cared and wanted this to be great and in your mind it wasn’t. I felt that, especially towards the end of your review.

[dakotadak]

For Sure!! Tge higher up you go, the less stress you will endure

[jodiroberts]

Visiting a friend in the hospital and could not find my way back out to the waiting room and had to ask a nurse for directions. The nurse kindly stopped his patient care duties and told me everybody gets lost, goes on all the time. Seriously, he must have spent a minute or two verbally telling me left here, right there, at the yellow door take the purple elevator not the blue corridor. I said, are you kidding me ? He decides to walk me out and during this escapade, he rants and raves and points out the extremely poor signage. When I thanked him for his help, he asked me to help him in return. He then begged me to complain and write up the poor signage because "they don't listen to us."

[snilsson]

I could write a book on my 16 years of experience within a company that relates to most of what Simon speaks about…as a person in leadership within a corporate setting I was failed by the leadership above me. I don’t blame the company for the behaviors of the leaders I experienced. They had me tricked into thinking I would be supported and on all the calls they talked a good game. Therefore I believe the people above them were probably unaware of these behaviors as well. I loved my job and believed I had purpose in every moment of every day impacting the lives of my people and the people who visited the business. It’s incredibly disappointing and heartbreaking for me to think that the company I loved and believed in would allow such behaviors.

[Snafu]

As must truth as there is in these messages, and they're great to hear, large companies aren't going to change. For better, or worse, all they care about is metrics and little else. There is very little humanization in all of it. You have some individual that sees only numbers, no humanity at all, and just thinks, how can I rebalance it to make it work. Not taking any of the human element into it all.

[DS-cfzc]

I have a clear line of intent with my teams - firstly while I may set a deadline, or the extent of our ambition to deliver - I allow them to find the route, to work as a team, and see only press them to see what they are both capable of, and can achieve together. I am always clear that should we win then they get all the kudos, as I showed last year when the people delivered on all fronts - they got performance bonus's, I took none. I also have a rule that should we fail, then the book stops with me, but as a team we run a full lessons learned exercise to see what we can salvage from the experience.

This year my seniors have decided we have a local small financial reward pot - that breaks down to so much per person in my team. I have decided to forfeit my theoretical allocation and subdivide that over my team - so they can actually get a slightly higher reward.

I am sure, I am not alone in thinking like this, or doing these small things to improve the lives of others.

Oddly I quit a company after 25 years of loyal service, low sick days and always putting the company first - why because they biased against me, in my hour of need they went missing. It was all on their terms or not at all - I moved on, found a new company, and took a promotion to boot. Only work for people who are focused on your experience, and dont have toxic behaviours.

[growing_with_lily]

Absolutly LOVED this, and so true about front line workers!!!

[drsanjidahashi]

I love u so much ...such an incredible beauty in ur speech...

[patflan]

Best to always have a backup plan in case you wake up to no job. Know what you would do because it can happen. Don’t try to fix the company….they have much more resources than you do and don’t care about you so plan accordingly. By the way, if you think you will hurt them by quitting, they have already planned for

[engineered-mind]

Working in corporate in the US is horrible from a employer employee loyalty standpoint and seeing how companies fired people during a health pandemic (Covid) was the final NAIL IN THE COFFIN ⚰️

[juleeme]

I took on management position, it's the most stressed I've ever been and felt like I had less agency due the demand placed on me!

[DanPhelps]

Team, is there a place to see the full presentation. He is absolutely nailing the topics here.

[Maestro-FR]

Not new to me. I learned it from my mentor James Levine. He was at the very top of the toughest competition in America, and yet he would encourage you when you failed. At one rehearsal, a famous soprano came totally unprepared. He kept saying : "you will make it". And yes, she did. Her first night went spectacular. Levine told me : "I am not competitive, I hate that, and you should not work with anyone competitive"