How would you describe your organization’s mood?
Walk into any organization and within 5-10 minutes you will detect its mood, which comes from the human beings that work there. Does your organization live in a mood of:
- Resignation?
- Fear?
- Ambition?
- Hospitality?
- Caring?
- Respectful?
- Determination?
Moods and emotions can limit or increase what we can achieve, what is possible. You can spend hours laying out strategic directions for your organization, but if you don’t consciously manage the mood of your organization, it will all be for naught.
So, let me say this with emphasis: Managing the mood of your organization is a powerful tool, an organizational mindful practice, to achieve your collective purpose. [Read more…]