New
Year -- New Strategies
Don't know how many of you
may have read Blue Ocean Strategy by Kim & Mauborgne
but thought you might be interested in what they have
to say.
(BOS) Commitment,
trust and voluntary cooperation are not merely attitudes
or behaviors. They are intangible capital. When people have trust, they have heightened confidence
in one another's intentions and actions. When they
have commitment, they are even willing to override
personal self-interest for the interests of the company.
Trepidation
builds as people are required to step out of their comfort zones and
change how they have worked in the past.
(LL) With
Laughter Links we ask people to step outside their
comfort zones by putting themselves in a non-traditional
setting along with their peers and supervisors. We
ask them to make direct eye contact, which is not comfortable
for some. We ask them to interact as a team. We engage
them in deep robust belly laughter, stimulating both
their creative and analytical brain processes. (BOS) Build
people's trust and commitment deep in the ranks and
inspire their voluntary cooperation.
(LL) When
employees spend 15-minutes each day in deep robust
aerobic laughter they build a bond that cannot be
entrusted by any other means.
(BOS) Minimizing
risk is essential when requiring significant
change. Companies must reach beyond the
usual suspects of carrots and sticks.
(LL) You
minimize the risk by engaging all levels of staff
in daily laughter class.
(BOS) The
Three "E" Principles of Fair Process
- Engagement = (LL) nothing
more engaging than purposeful aerobic laughter
- Explanation = (LL)
goals
become clear when the air is cleared
of all mistrust
- Clairity of Expectation = (LL)
you feel more comfortable
asking and answering questions of team
members you have built trust and commitment
with during daily laughter classes
(BOS) In
the end a company needs to invoke the most fundamental
base of action: the attitudes and behavior of its
people deep in the organization. You must create
a culture of trust
and commitment that
motivates people to execute the agreed strategy --
not to the letter, but to the spirit. People's minds
and hearts must align with the new strategy so that
at the level of the individual, people embrace it
of their own accord and willingly go beyond compulsory
execution to voluntary cooperation in carrying it
out.
(LL) We
clearly changed the attitude and outlook of those
participating in our laughter (without humor)
study. See the results for yourself at Authors
Full Text or the shorter summary
complete with graphs Authors
Summary
Until
next time … laugh yourselves
silly. You'll feel better!
Judy back
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Laughter
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