For what are you Trusted for?
As in any organization People/TEAMs create results, investing to increase TRUST and FLOW among Individuals and TEAMs will result to the highest return on investment.
In an era of rapid change in almost everything what is more stable and bigger opportunity than TRUST and FLOW among people?
But what is TRUST and FLOW in the context of an Individual, TEAM and company level?
Trust is simply down to how much value you bring to the table within your team or organization. The more value you add in your role, the greater the level of trust others have in you. When you stop delivering value, they start to trust you less. The word Trust is related to Value delivery. The more you or a company delivers consistently Value (something that customers pay for) the more is trusted. Consequently Trust is a measure of Value. Think about a company like Apple. It delivers consistently Value and is trusted to the point that customers wait overnight in a queue to buy the new products.
Individual and Team TRUST can be easily measured with attributes like:
Innovation
2. Communication
3. Service
4. Measurement
5. Spirit
Flow is the path of least resistance where we achieve amazing results when challenge and skills are in harmony. Flow occurs where you are leveraging the resources, such as people and systems, really effectively, in that, you can help to deliver the value in a way that is more efficient/cost effective. Flow occurs best whenever there is Value that needs to be delivered in a more effective way to the customers, stakeholders or staff and is characterized from the following aspects:
A Team in Flow not only delivers better, faster and more but also provides an enjoyable and trusting environment where performance is sustainable.
Team Flow can be created
Team effectiveness and Flow is about effective giving value to others, not just being good at what you are doing
You can get into Flow by yourself Only by getting others to Flow using your talents and them getting you into flow using theirs.
Too often teams and companies have paths of Flow to get things done that are far from the best. They must navigate around people or entire departments that often block Flow. When these paths can be unblocked and adjusted this results to radical changes to efficiency and productivity. This provides measurable growth in revenue and profit.
“A Company is in FLOW when People and other resources are collaborating and/or utilized in the most efficient and effective way”.
Individual and Team FLOW can be easily measured with attributes like:
1. Initiative
2. Respect
3. Presence
4. Discipline
5. Spirit
What are the biggest benefits creating TRUST and FLOW:
Find your flow, reclaim your time
When you understand your personality profile, you can reorganize your time to focus on what you love most and do best. When you do this, your fulfillment and effectiveness goes up, and your stress and struggle goes down. That’s what happens when you find your flow.
Clarify your natural path
By knowing your natural path, you can know what role models to follow, what advice to take, and what advice to ignore.
Grow high performing teams
Every person attracts, builds and leads a team in a different way. Having a high performing team is the key to scaling your business. Building the right team, with the right people in the right place begins by knowing yourself, and then to know your team.
Accelerate your company’s financial success
When individuals, TEAMs and the whole company is in FLOW the company resources are utilized in the most efficient and effective way resulting in growth of revenues (through value creation) and profits (through better leverage) directly impacting your company’s financial success.
Achieve your true potential
How much do you believe you are currently achieving your true potential? Most of us are only achieving a fraction of what we are capable of. Knowing your personality profile in detail (Strengths, Challenges and Best Roles) allows you to leverage your own value far more effectively, to make the difference we can in the world. We have found that if you increase the time at work you spend in Flow to 80-90%, your life will change for the better in ways you can’t even conceive now, you will get much improved results in the work place and it really will be tremendous fun!
Conclusion: Investing to create TRUST and FLOW in Individuals, TEAMs and Company offers the highest return on investment and tremendous potential for your company. TRUST and FLOW can be measured through a simple on line process for both Individuals and TEAMs.
This is what I think. What do you think?
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Mike Mastroyiannis is a Business, Management & Executive Coach and Innovation Consultant for among others Exponentially Disruptive Innovations. He has served as CEO of business units in Multinationals, founded or lead start-ups and serves in advisory boards. He can be reached through LinkedIn or email at mike@tenx2.com
MARCH 29, 2016