Proverbs 13: 14 (MSG) The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so, no more drinking from death-tainted wells!
In an article in Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge publication, authors Sirota, Mischkind and Meltzer deduced that one does not have to motivate employees; they have to stop demotivating them.
They posit three goals – behaviors, really – that must be met: equity, achievement and camaraderie: in other words, treat people justly and with respect; recognize their contributions; and promote teamwork. With these practiced, demotivation will cease and teams will be built.
Core values of an organization, like these three, are the promises its members make to one another. They can’t be traded off: they each must be met. The values become "alive" in an organization when the leader practices them - the leader's life is the lesson.
Interesting: each of the three are taught in Scripture – our “fountain of life” - where the Christian leader is to be drinking deeply.
Are you a “fountain of life” to your team?
Copyright (c) 2009 by P. Griffith Lindell
Monday, April 13, 2009
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3 comments:
Very interesting. Can you provide those three from the Bible? I am not asking in a demeaning manner.
Great question: these are some of the Scriptures, books are sources for my statement:
Treat people justly and with respect - Philippians 2:3-4; Lev 19:18; Mat :12; Prov 1:3; 17:26
Recognize contributions - Eph 2:10 (what God for us, through Christ = our model); John 3:30; OT - listing of the people skilled in building the tabernacle
Promote teamwork - Book of Nehemiah; Phil 4:1-3; 8-9; I Sam. 14:6-14; Eph 4:1-16
That's Matt 7:12 above
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