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This page is inspired by a book by Stephen Covey (Principled Centered Leadership) and a book by Richard Farson (Management of the Absurd)
It was paradigm shift that gave birth to this land of freedom. When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that government drives its just powers from the consent of the governed, he and those who signed that document set up a new pattern of government. There would be no divine right to rule on this land, no imposed overlords. The only public officials would be those chosen by the voice of the people. Out of that paradigm has come the freest people and the most prosperous country in the history of the world.
Changing paradigm is to change your frame of reference; to change how you see things, how you think about people, how you view your subordinates, how you explain results and failures, how you value other accomplishments. How you give credit where credit is due and how you accept responsibility where and when you did not.
Changing paradigm is to empower those who you neglected before.
Paradigm shift is a move ahead in a major way for better.
Since this web site is a marketing and managerial web site, let us focus more on shifting paradigm on managerial skills.
Using managerial paradigm shift we manage people by a set of proven principles. These principles are the natural laws and governing social values that have characterized every great society. They surface in the form of values, ideas, norms, and teachings that uplift, ennoble, fulfill, empower, and most important inspire. Paradigm shift managers see their people with more creative energy, resources, and initiatives than their job presently allow.
We all know what positive synergy is. Synergy is when the sum of the parts is greater than individual combinations. How about negative synergy. Unfortunately most old and ex-managerial paradigm is based on negative synergies where sum of subordinates actually reduces the output. Isn't that true? That is why team building is an art. How many fail building teams? The answer is many. The formula for positive synergy is:
Involvement + patience + good principles + kindness + fairness + building trust + .... = Commitment from everyone
How can you have commitment from everyone when one is not treated fairly. How can you have commitment from everyone when one is not trusted.
It's nothing less than 180-degree shift in the way we think about managing and leading. The models and the metaphors of the past have been managers as a cop, as a referee, as a devil's advocate, as a nay-sayer, as a pronouncer. The words that we found that seem much more appropriate in the excellent companies are the managers, the leaders, as a cheerleader, as a coach, as a facilitator, as a nurturer of champions. The drum beat, and the drum beat that has been so sadly missing, was it all comes from people.
We should change our managerial paradigm to embrace principles of fairness, kindness, understanding different values, yet adhere to correct principles, and unleash the natural talents of our people to increase efficiency.
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