Do You Face A Challenge- I Do Every Day People-Luciano The Key Santini SSDE

 People of all walks of life have asked this one simple question and if you ever have this asked try to answer it the same if possible;

The question is how do you handle working with such people that do not believe in education or the future?

My answer:

 Always think of you and that you are the creator of your career and your life- that is what will keep you going and will build a protective covering strong enough to protect you from the dolts and evil ones in the workplace.

Hello all everywhere around the world!! What a weekend it has been already and yes it is only Saturday afternoon. The day started with a surprise visit from a family member and his family to congratulate me on a longtime coming achievement. Friends started to call my phone to do the same and it was a great morning and of course it has kept going all day long and yes I am a bit tired now!!!!

The achievement has been that I have completed my Doctorate after 8 long years after my Masters degree was done. Life is a challenge in itself and well it is all about how you deal with those challenges. In life they will always come our way and we as individuals will always have a different perspective on any one situation.

In business I always ask leaders what are your challenges that you face;The comments that I get sometimes really surprise me because then I say without insulting -How in the hell did you end up a leader!!! Then they tell me that the biggest challenge are the people who make the new implementations so  what leaders and managers need are new skills and or to improve interpersonal influence skills these new skills will and can really help leaders at all levels feel more confident and be able to demonstrate a bias for action and results when dealing with organizational challenges.

Every leader faces “ challenges.”   The top challenge always is and will always be people either at a staff level or at senior management level because they will make the new procedures and policies without having a clear understanding of the difficulties that will occur such as the affects of morale and employee accountability. There are other issues that may arise such as ensuring employees how to avoid problems behaviors. The most important challenge that needs to be addressed is the one that most top and senior management seems to care the least about is motivation and engagement. 

I believe the reason to be is simple really. It is because they have no idea what it is to work at this level. They simply believe to create bigger and better procedures and policies and expect lower level managers to implement  but the reality is that lower managers have no idea what to do because they were never involved in the creation of the changes thus for never really engage staff.

How can leaders address these challenges and help employees become more involved and engaged in their work?  We suggest;

• Show people they are valuable to the organization as often as possible
• Build a connection between work and priorities
• Offer the staff freedom to think outside the box
• Create a balance between direction and empathy

If you have a role as a leader you need to be aware and also realistic of the challenges you face on a day to day routine.If you are a leader then you need to be proactive to make the changes needed to move the organization forward.

If you are a leader or inspire to be one you must remember that:

A closed mind stumbles over the blessings of life without recognizing them.
To the untrained eye, a geode looks pretty much like an ordinary rock. But a trained geologist knows that inside the geode there is a beautiful crystal lining. The story is the same for those who refuse to examine new possibilities because their minds are closed. Life’s greatest opportunities, like the geode, often come in ordinary packaging. 

Do not allow yourself to become such a creature of habit that you simply go through the motions and let life happen to you. Just taking a new route to work, putting together a jigsaw puzzle, reading a newspaper instead of watching television, or visiting a museum at lunchtime will stimulate your thought processes and may help you open your mind to new possibilities

As a leader we must try to stay out of the gossip circles and yes you know exactly what I am speaking of because we spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't, and we need to sit back and find the courage to speak up against ignorance and injustice.