What is your workplace culture?  Here are some questions you can ask yourself: 

1. Does our culture allow mistakes and are people empowered to do their jobs?

2. Do our leaders honor, respect and genuinely support those they lead?

3. Are compassion and trust the basis of the culture?

4. Is teamwork strong and based on clear, common goals?

5. Is recognition and appreciation frequent, both privately and publicly?

6. Are employees inspired, committed, and energized to do their work?

7. Are leaders and employees personally responsible and not afraid to accept blame?

8. Does our culture sincerely value the diversity in our workplace and does leadership embody it?

9. Do employees feel free to contribute from their deepest creativity and insights?

10. Can employees give feedback regarding problems, issues, etc. without fear of retaliation?

11. Do our employees provide compassionate, efficient, warm-hearted service?

12. Do I feel loyalty to this organization or would it simply take another offer to persuade me to leave? 

What can you do as leaders and individuals to rebuild relationships and create a compassionate culture? The workplace culture of disengagement and fear can be remedied with enlightened leadership and an infusion of love and compassion. I teach a BE LOVE model as the foundation for all actions in the workplace. When you operate from the power of Universal Love, the results are greater than anything attainable by artificially powered egos. I suggest a transformation that includes these actions:

1.      Incorporate and teach mindfulness and meditation for clarity of mind and inspiration of the soul. In a harried, stressful environment, pausing, breathing, and short mindfulness exercises will bring reduce anxiety provide alignment with authentic power. It is counter-intuitive but slowing down helps you accomplishes more.

2.      Be willing to face your own fears of inadequacy so that you do not have to fear exposure or protect your ego image. The “Personal Restoration Plan” is the inner path to freedom, self-actualization, and authentic power.

3.      Embody compassion and authentic power. Do not tell others what to do. Be what you want them to be. BE LOVE and the correct action will arise from that.

4.      Practice a “You can do it” attitude and focus on other’s strengths, rather than their weaknesses. You actually energize and empower others when you believe in them.

5.      Be personally responsible and recognize that when you blame others, you are giving up your own power.

6.      Honor the spirit in others that is residing beneath the self-created identities that are battling and competing for power and validation.

7.      Practice forgiveness of yourself and others. It takes immense energy to hold others responsible for your life and emotions.

Today’s workplace culture is in a critical need of healing and restoration. Rebuilding relationships starts with individuals having the courage to follow their own inner path to be restored to their true selves.  When leaders go through their own “Personal Restoration” they have the ability and power to impact many people.  Through self-actualization, enlightened leaders begin a process of unraveling the chain-reactions of blame and fear by replacing them with trust, compassion, honor, and, ultimately, success.

If the answers to these questions leave you in doubt about your organizational culture or give you a reason to want to elevate and transform your culture, I invite you to call me for workshops or coaching.  Or you can read my book: “The Extraordinary Workplace: Replacing Fear with Trust and Compassion” to discover the way to unravel the interacting web of egos. You can be powerful from your inner core, operating in the strength of your authentic power–unyielding to the fickle winds of change and conflict, but flexible enough to grow and prosper.

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