Individuals in the workplace don’t like to admit that they were wrong.
They’d rather keep living in the mythology of ‘I was repressed’ than ever admit failure.
Why do you work?
Sure, paycheck is a strong driver…but there are diminishing returns on making money.
Working is actually an effective setting to practice spirituality. For example, it’s a great place strengthen your empathy muscles. In the words of C.S. Lewis: ‘Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.’
It’s tempting to bypass established communication channels due to a bottleneck.
The thing is: someone thought that structuring it in this way was necessary in order to get things done efficiently.
It’s possible that the structure is outdated, which is why it doesn’t work anymore. However, bypassing it is no way to send feedback to those who have the power to change it.
Work within it and speak up about it when it doesn’t work.
Taking matters into your own hands by bypassing it may seem like the path of least resistance, although it can actually cause ADDED frustration for all of us.
Most Market Access strategists ask: ‘how can my customers benefit from my product.’ In order to avoid the peanut butter approach, it might be worthwhile to instead ask, ‘how should my customers become? And how can my product help in that transformation?’
Peter Drucker said that the real purpose of business is to profitably transform a customer.
Who are you customers? What are they like right now? What do they need in order to become how you want them to be?