Are you tired of all the effort that you're putting into the projects at work
and it's not coming together? Well, it's time to bring that team together and
really get them moving forward. So, watch closely as I share with you how to build
integrity in the workplace.
Do you want to be productive? Well, to be productive requires having some
integrity in the workplace. Now, what does integrity look like? You know I think if
you ask 10 different people, what the definition of integrity is, you might get
10 different answers. And here in this conversation I'm going to have with you,
I'm going to point out some components of what I believe creates integrity in
the workplace. Now, why have integrity? Well, if we look
at a simple definition from the dictionary, integrity is something that
has strengths. To be able to have strengths in the workplace means you're
going to be more productive, have more progress, have more success, have more
accomplishments. And that also means that the people who are on that team in the
workplace are all doing their parts and creating a unified strength. So, let's
look at the different components here what it's going to take to be able to
create this integrity. The first one is big communication. There could be small
communication and you and I both know with small amounts of communication, it
leaves room for error. So, big communication looks like a meeting
rhythm. Now, not all meetings today have to be in person. There's enough
electronics to be able to create meetings and conversations that can
happen throughout the day that doesn't require being all together in the same
room. Big communication also means that everyone has their part in the
communication of what's happening in that workplace. Sometimes you'll have one
person who is always just giving out action steps but they don't leave enough
room for the rest of the team to give feedback or to be able to report back.
And what's happening on the team? So, big communication means everybody's got an
equal part and it's often and more frequent than what seems reasonable for
the for the company or the workplace. Now, communication.
When there's a lack of it you know that there's going to be a lack of integrity.
When there's big communication, you know that the team is going to be stronger.
And everybody speaks differently, they'll come from their own particular learning
style and their own you know upbringing as an individual. So, if you have somebody
on your team that's not really good at communication, well you get it have a
chance to teach them. And help introduce them into the conversation pattern that
you have on a daily basis and also on a weekly basis. Next is to be able to have
written goals. Spoken goals or goals that come out in conversation that are not
written, tend to get changed in people's minds. Just when they thought they knew
what the goal was. One person will remember one part another person will
remember another part. And if it's not written down, there's nothing solid for
the team to be able to refer to of what the goal is. Now, having a goal also means
having a description of what it looks like when that goal has actually been
achieved. And a big mistake that is made is having a short description. What you
want to do when you set your goal is and and write it down is to write down as
many details as possible that'll explain what that goal looks like when it is
finished. Present that to the team and ask if it makes sense to the team. If it
doesn't make sense to the team, well then they're not going to be in on the goal.
And you're going to find that you're going to have a lower level of integrity on your
team because there's some confusion around the purpose or the direction that
you're going as a team. But whenever you write goals, be sure to send it out to
everybody who's on your team and ask for feedback of what needs to be clarified
or put into more detail. Now, if you're watching this video and you don't
have a workplace, you could also take the same information and apply it to a
family atmosphere. Just change the words out from workplace to family. And you'll
notice the same thing applies at home. Next is to write down the action steps.
If each person on the team is keeping track of their action steps and they
have a list to go to to see the action steps that they've completed and also
the action steps that they're going to be working on, you're going to find that
that team has a higher level of integrity. When you have somebody on the
team who is not tracking what it is that they've done or even recording what it
is they're going to do, it leaves too much room for error. You're going to have
some problems. And those are unnecessary problems. Not everybody grew up in life
knowing how to write down action steps and tracking what it is that they've
done and also what they need to do to move forward. So, be sure you check in
with everybody and not assume that everybody knows what it means to track
their action steps an action step is what are the critical steps that need to
have happen next to move closer to that goal. And so when each person on the team
is tracking your action steps, you then can find where adjustments need to be
made or corrections need to be made. So that the team is moving together and
bringing all that energy in that momentum together and accomplishing that
goal. Now, I keep mentioning a team but that's another part. Not everybody's a
team player. But you can create that atmosphere fair baby on a team. One is to
use the language of team. If you don't use language of a team or a group or any
type of community language, each person on your team could feel like an
individual. Like they're not part of something. So check in with the language
or the culture of the workplace to see if it you do use the language of a type
of teamwork. Because all we all know that one plus one plus one equals five.
It doesn't equal three. When three people are working together as a team, there's
incredible synergy that happens in the momentum and the progress that is made
because of the collaboration that's happening with that team. And so check in
with the language and the culture that you're creating there that is not a
bunch of end of individuals who are working on a team but
they're all a team and they all have their part. And the last one here to
build integrity on the team is education. If you can bring to the workplace
something to study, something to work on, something to raise their understanding,
you'll find that the team will grow and excel together each step of the way. You
know as a team leader or a manager and or whatever part you play on this team,
bring to the table the idea to upgrade and up level the education. Everybody has
their own educational backgrounds that they've come from. But there's always
room to read or study a book about teamwork or leadership or goal-setting
or goal accomplishing. There's plenty of topics out there that every person on
the team could benefit from to raise the level of integrity of that team. A team
without education is still stuck in the past. Even no matter all their skill
levels and all their education that they currently have, there is still more to
learn that can upgrade each person and that collective group people on that
team. So, check in with that workplace and and if there's not a system put in place
for upgrading and up leveling the education, speak up.
Bring some ideas to the table. Bring your point of view to the table because if
everybody were to jump in on the same topic or literally everybody on the team
was reading the same book and being able to share at your team meetings what
their gleaming from the book, you will find the team growing closer together.
And you'll find the team up leveling. Just when you thought your team was
maxed out on everything that they could bring to the team, education opens the
mind. And education also creates efficiency. I believe your team has more
potential than what they're tapped into right now. Because if you can bring some
integrity to the workplace and put an order some of these steps here of these
5 steps, you're going to find the moment
and the efficiency goes up to that next level.
So, you be the one in charge of integrity. You bring be the one in charge of
bringing this to the workplace. And see which one is missing right now in that
space that you work in and you bring it to the table. Because when you can tap
into that potential, it takes the stress off because when one plus one plus one
equals five that means you can get more done in less time. But that takes a team
that has integrity. Here at 3 key elements we like to find the equations
and the components and principles that we can put together to be able to create
a much more efficient and a much more productive team. And also, as an
individual, to be able to tap into your own potential. It's very fulfilling and
very exciting to see and feel yourself have that kind of progress too. And so
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