The document discusses the importance of values, seeds, coins, and fruits. It argues that success comes from strength and control but true joy comes from fruitfulness, which grows from weakness and vulnerability. While paradigms of the past focused on profit and shareholders, the purpose of business should be to build a better world for all stakeholders. Having strong values keeps organizations healthy, and looking to values can lead to greater results, engagement, and fruitfulness.
28. Looking Forward, I can see hope, hope for new dreams and visions, new paradigms and new leadership models Q - What three things might you do? Values – The Key to Engagement
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30. Martin Luther King he had a Vision William Wilberforce he had a Vision These men had DREAMS & VISIONS Q - Why were their hearts so engaged?
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36. Values Are critical to sustainability. They are the way we do things around here Q- Let’s make a list!
37. Affirmation Is a personal key to success The act of affirming or the state of being affirmed. It is something declared to be true – a positive statement or judgment
38. Trust Is a firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing
39. Humility? a lack of false pride Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful. Showing deferential or submissive respect.
40. So where do I fix my eyes to see greater results, greater productivity and efficiency On values, seeds, coins and fruits perhaps? Values – The Key to Engagement
Once upon a time long long ago…. I am going to give you a small gift - You need a break – some of you work too hard and too long I know that is true because the Straits Times said last week that you are one of the most hard working nations in the world (44hrs a week over) but I am sure many of you in this room work longer – so Lets take just 30 seconds to reflect on our Values – what is important to you as a person.
Please open your ‘Red Packet’ ‘VERY CAREFULLY’ to find: A saga seed A coin (not real so no need to disclose) Memory Statement My name card
Because this is my thesis – that we work for Fruitfulness not Success and that Success occurs as a result of the Joy we experience as we find purpose and real Joy in our workplaces – Seeds planted will lead to fruit a process of multiplication!
Why the coin – couple of reasons really – Truth make me vulnerable Vulnerability leads to Fruitfulness
My Claim that I put before you this afternoon is that even though many of us have success and lead productive lives I believe is there more? I hope to show you how you might become more engaged in the purposes of your organizations – and how through the application of Values you can sow seeds in others that will in time show fruit that will last beyond success and bring real and lasting benefits personally and organizationally – but it’s a risk!
I an going to take us on a journey
Declining Values – In UK we gave gun crime on our streets, drugs and violence are common place – I am not sure when it all started Economic Challenges - we are still in recession - manufacturing output is low and productivity is static or some say declining People are not so happy most are unengaged at would simply turning up to do as little as possible for as much money as possible- and then complain.
Over the last 10 years I have seen
There is a very high cost of loosing trust – and even greater one trying to earn it back after its lost Cost in – productivity, in revenues, and lost benefits
This is what he dreamt about – Well, in my book you either do it right or you get eliminated. In the last seven deals that I've been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. Thank you “ I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much” Well we can see today the result of ….. greed – for lack of a better word
Remember when Steve Jobs said he was sorry for messing around with stocks Remember Enron Collapsed, Remember Arthur Andersen, Remember Lehman Bros. They did not all break laws – but they did cross the MORAL boundaries of business paradigms. Ethics are a challenge to measure and not always obvious but strong ethics will make you money. If client confidence falls, investors wobble, leadership is distracted, diverting energy from growing the business. Image is wrecked, together with morale. Previously reliable staff start calling in sick or work less hard. Can’t recruit the best, can’t retain them either. It’s always the top wealth generators that jump ship first. You can lose 10% of your top team and 60% of your real talent – and it can happen almost overnight Customers are affected. They feel differently about your company, products are questioned and the company begins to run out of steam.
Who will give me $10 for a monkey What is the true purpose of Education; healthcare; Community’ Family; prison. Take a minute to think about it? RBS no one goal is to increase its share price to 70p
My Experience in 1989 enabled me through failure and vulnerability to look in a different place Then I remember the seed and the coin Then I see fruitfulness of my work and I experience engagement of my workforce
Shareholders are asking for return and VALUES Stakeholders are asking for results and wellbeing It is my experience that we are looking in the wrong place Focusing on profit and productivity eventually detaches us from our purpose I believe we have to look in other places.
Educate – Legislate, Systematise, change behaviour - - - educate, legislate etc. etc. WE got stuck – and I submit that we might be doing the same Here is Singapore! Safety is the Responsibility of Management! Little employee involvement Increased employee involvement I can prevent my own injuryI can prevent my colleague from being injured! 100% employee involvement
Surprised many organisations as it was a survey across both Public and Private Sectors
Volunteering – 4% of GDP – we love working for nothing in the UK!
I am not sure its getting better – If we look forward and take a look at what the workplaces will be like in say 10 years from now – Next Slide!
Right here at he bottom is were the greatest learning's are - we al know we learn more in tough time rather than in good Times So yes – This was the time when I asked myself WAS IT WORTH IT ALL?
Is it possible to reach the could be for the fish!
Coldplay Winds of Change Old Business Paradigm New Business Paradigm What’s in it for US/THEM BACKGROUND The world of Business that we face today could scarcely have been imagined 12 months ago. Billions of $’s have been wiped from our stocks and shares our properties value has declined. Everyone job seems to be on the line. We are facing troubled times – have you ever thought that it is the most troubled times that we grow the most and we will have great learning's and wisdom from these times – The winds of change will bring opportunity to address the things that should perhaps have been addressed years ago.- The purpose of business is to maximize profit and increase the shareholders value. VALUE is the interesting word here as it is VALUES or rather the lack of them that has brought our world into this recession and it will be VALUES I submit that will bring it out.
No the mement just before we eat Honey that’s the best thing in the world
Looking forward I see New Vision, New dreams and New Hope What is Possible – Could we – In what ways can we JUST Imagine…..If we could Engage all our work force
My mom always told me to stop dreaming – my wife send me away to dream more WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS???? NAROTH’s Dream – Street Kids
Q – Why were these guys hearts engaged? – Passion linked to Purpose – with VALUES
The application of values is not easy
Many Classical and academic definitions but bottom line is IT’S THE WAY….
Great values strengthen the organisation News headlines can change public mood in hours. “Normal” ways of doing things become targets of intense resentment, anger and outrage. Compliance is dead as a defensive strategy , because as mood changes, new expectations and regulations surely follow. Perfect compliance with last year’s requirements may not be enough to avoid censure this year. But let us be clear: while direct benefits from strong values may be hard to see on the balance sheet, neglect in this area can wipe out your balance sheet altogether. Strong ethics keep corporations healthy. Weak ethics make companies sick. You may not see it at first, you may not even know it’s happening, and you may get away with it – but it’s a huge risk. Most companies are far more serious about their “numbers” than their “values”. But values are the immune system of every organisation. You can have the greatest profits in the world but if your corporate immune system is damaged it’s only a matter of time before you’ll be in deep trouble Just as in humans, weak immunity on its own never kills a corporation. It’s the other problems, which strike when your white cells (value leaders) are damaged. The human immune system is invisible, impossible to locate in one place, and hard to measure. The number of cells involved is tiny, their impact infinite. You hardly know it’s there and take it for granted. Your corporate immune system is the same: hard to define, hard to locate, hard to manage, and can be seriously weakened without outward signs of trouble, but the smallest attack can become a mortal blow. Ethics are a challenge to measure, slippery to get hold of and it’s not always obvious how strong ethics will make you money, but look what happens when that story breaks. Client confidence falls, investors wobble, leadership is distracted, diverting energy from growing the business. Image is wrecked together with morale. Previously reliable staff start calling in sick or work less hard. Can’t recruit the best, can’t retain them either. It’s always the top wealth generators that jump ship first. You can lose 10% of your top team and 60% of your real talent – and it can happen almost overnight. Customers are also affected: they feel differently about your company, products and methods. Slogans sound hollow, products are questioned and the company begins to run out of steam.
Story about Teddy! – smell like my mother
Benefits from building trust – Costs through loosing it!
Some don’t consider Humility a virtue
Are you looking in the right place
Looking into a new paradigm – ask What is possible
Quotes – its not just me saying this
Business as Mission
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