Rethinking Employee Empowerment and Loyalty

How can we reduce stress for our people and empower them at all levels?
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Simon is an unshakable optimist. He believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together.
Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Simon has devoted his professional life to help advance a vision of the world that does not yet exist; a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every single morning inspired, feel safe wherever they are and end the day fulfilled by the work that they do.
Simon is the author of multiple best-selling books including Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, Together is Better, and The Infinite Game.
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#SimonSinek

[@alexmiles40]

I work for a group of A-holes. This is exactly what I needed to hear this Monday morning. Thank you!

[@OlgaSuner-dx7fq]

Sorry to read this. Imagine if your leaders operate under A hole mentality. The whole country will suffer because of such idiots. So many innocent people and children die because of misuse of power . Power can be corrupt. In many places not going to name their leaders come from dictator backgrounds and control. These people don’t lack control but in result of it suffer under such sadistic so called leaders. Hope you can replace A holes with a great company who are not power hungry and treatment is better toward their employees.

[@frankwolftown]

If you want these A-holes to get what's coming to them, form a union. ;-)

[@Snafu2346]

You work for T-mobile?

[@SocialMediaKeyWest]

"If it goes wrong I will stand beside you as you try and mend it..." Simon's youtube clips are always great!

[@Goldenheart2911]

If companies took a step back, looked at the big picture, put their egos aside and valued the wisdom, perspectives, opinions and ideas of all of their employees the face of the company would look much different.✨ By taking a more common sense and collaborative approach towards increasing productivity, obtaining new fresh and innovative ideas and recognizing that each part of the team is needed in order for the company to run properly, survive and thrive everyone wins including the client/ consumer. 💛 Great clip Simon and reminder that healthy communication and mutual respect both go a long way in achieving success in all areas of our lives. 🙌 It truly is amazing how many truths can be packed into a clip that is less than two minutes.👏

[@vassman23]

So true!! I think companies are figuring it out a little bit, but very slowly. They're losing leverage. These leaders are the ones that got us in this messed up position in the first place.

[@jodiroberts6684]

Visiting a friend in the hospital and could not find my way back out to the waiting room and had to ask a nurse for directions. The nurse kindly stopped his patient care duties and told me everybody gets lost, goes on all the time. Seriously, he must have spent a minute or two verbally telling me left here, right there,at the yellow door take the purple elevator not the blue corridor. I said, are you kidding me ? He decides to walk me out and during this escapade, he rants and raves and points out the extremely poor signage. When I thanked him for his help, he asked me to help him in return. He then begged me to complain and write up the poor signage because "they don't listen to us."

[@allnonethevoid1487]

This feels like it ties back to how corporate profits are the true product of modern business. Shareholder margins, not services and goods, stand at the center of company visions

[@randynutt5660]

The overwhelming MAJORITY of the time in 'Corporate Town Hall Meetings', the primary Focus is Making MONEY for the Company. NOT how each employee can benefit from their Work and Effort, but how the Preferred Stock Holders can get RICHER. It boils down to 'Why should I work so hard if my effort is only going to enhance the Top Few, and I can loose my job at any moment - IF my name falls on the wrong side of a Spreadsheet!

[@allnonethevoid1487]

Randy Nutt Exactly! And the customer also gets screwed. It's always "How can we make the customer believe this is a good product?" and not "How do we bring a good product to our customers?"

[@user-ut7hh3zb2f]

From a shareholder viewpoint, here's how I see it. Let's say I am "Wall Street", a big shareholder. Do I care about the company, how it's doing, will it survive? NO. All I care about is stock value, it's price. Who can I lay off, what equipment and land I can sell off, to pump up the "bottom line" in the quarterly report. Why? So I can sell the stocks at a profit. And company be damned. They used to call it "corporate raiding". Take over a company, gut it, and sell.

[@fedecasbla]

Brilliant! Keep posting Simon and team! Love the way that you actually see the enterprise world!

[@endershader]

THIS IS THE VERBAGE I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR. Well communicated Simon, thank you.

[@growing_with_lily]

Absolutly LOVED this, and so true about front line workers!!!

[@snilsson06]

I could write a book on my 16 years of experience within a company that relates to most of what Simon speaks about…as a person in leadership within a corporate setting I was failed by the leadership above me. I don’t blame the company for the behaviors of the leaders I experienced. They had me tricked into thinking I would be supported and on all the calls they talked a good game. Therefore I believe the people above them were probably unaware of these behaviors as well. I loved my job and believed I had purpose in every moment of every day impacting the lives of my people and the people who visited the business. It’s incredibly disappointing and heartbreaking for me to think that the company I loved and believed in would allow such behaviors.

[@DS-cf1zc]

I have a clear line of intent with my teams - firstly while I may set a deadline, or the extent of our ambition to deliver - I allow them to find the route, to work as a team, and see only press them to see what they are both capable of, and can achieve together. I am always clear that should we win then they get all the kudos, as I showed last year when the people delivered on all fronts - they got performance bonus's, I took none. I also have a rule that should we fail, then the book stops with me, but as a team we run a full lessons learned exercise to see what we can salvage from the experience. This year my seniors have decided we have a local small financial reward pot - that breaks down to so much per person in my team. I have decided to forfeit my theoretical allocation and subdivide that over my team - so they can actually get a slightly higher reward. I am sure, I am not alone in thinking like this, or doing these small things to improve the lives of others. Oddly I quit a company after 25 years of loyal service, low sick days and always putting the company first - why because they biased against me, in my hour of need they went missing. It was all on their terms or not at all - I moved on, found a new company, and took a promotion to boot. Only work for people who are focused on your experience, and dont have toxic behaviours.

[@beaustange]

Might be your best review of a movie I’ve seen. Not because of your opinions but because it felt like you cared and wanted this to be great and in your mind it wasn’t. I felt that, especially towards the end of your review.

[@DanielPhang]

So true, thank you so much for this! 💯❤

[@engineered-mind]

Working in corporate in the US is horrible from a employer employee loyalty standpoint and seeing how companies fired people during a health pandemic (Covid) was the final NAIL IN THE COFFIN ⚰️

[@user-ut7hh3zb2f]

There is no loyalty. None. Anyone who thinks there is, is a fool.

[@Snafu2346]

As must truth as there is in these messages, and they're great to hear, large companies aren't going to change. For better, or worse, all they care about is metrics and little else. There is very little humanization in all of it. You have some individual that sees only numbers, no humanity at all, and just thinks, how can I rebalance it to make it work. Not taking any of the human element into it all.

[@seoulmansupra]

Keep up the good work Simon!

[@afterdinnermint1760]

Spot on Simon!

[@drsanjidahashi3738]

I love u so much ...such an incredible beauty in ur speech...

[@patflan5379]

Best to always have a backup plan in case you wake up to no job. Know what you would do because it can happen. Don’t try to fix the company….they have much more resources than you do and don’t care about you so plan accordingly. By the way, if you think you will hurt them by quitting, they have already planned for that!!!!!

[@Scott-got-caught]

I feel like you've read my mind 😂 you're 💯 correct

[@ForYourSuccessTogether]

This is brilliant!

[@davinac3509]

On the point/fleek as always. Cheers 💅🍠

[@harmonylifewithjess1593]

Discussed such with friends over the weekend😅 Crown has great loyalty 🙌

[@faridaaktar9387]

Well commented, SIMON

[@OldManOnTrak]

As someone who was recently put "at risk of redundancy" because the client I work at is ending their contract with my employer. The stress of knowing I won't be able to pay the mortgage in a couple of months unless I find another job is more than I've experienced in any other situation. That they are terminating me early so they can avoid paying me an extra week-and-a-half's wages and are simultaneously spamming employees with emails asking us to join their "servant leadership" programme is the ultimate hypocrisy.

[@dakotadak100]

For Sure!! Tge higher up you go, the less stress you will endure

[@user-ut7hh3zb2f]

Or if you are high enough up, not even show up for work. How can some "CEO" effectively run SO MANY companies all at the same time? They don't. Their "people" run it for them.

[@LakshmiBiswas-vz9it]

Very good

[@maryanncamacho8006]

Simon has been a guiding light for me since he first talked about "The Why." After leading through umpteen reductions in force, I left my beloved corporation in pursuit of a better way. I joined another and made significant transformations by engaging the frontline. MIT and Harvard featured the work and this led me to write more about it. I just published my first book "How many employees does it take to change a lightbulb?... The art of empowering your team to make transformational change." It is based on respecting the intellect of your team using both high care and concern AND accountability to deliver transformational results in perpetuity. It's not theory. It's real-life experiences. I would love to send you a copy and get your thoughts.

[@DanPhelps11]

Team, is there a place to see the full presentation. He is absolutely nailing the topics here.

[@Maestro-FR]

Not new to me. I learned it from my mentor James Levine. He was at the very top of the toughest competition in America, and yet he would encourage you when you failed. At one rehearsal, a famous soprano came totally unprepared. He kept saying : "you will make it". And yes, she did. Her first night went spectacular. Levine told me : "I am not competitive, I hate that, and you should not work with anyone competitive"

[@Scott-got-caught]

I've always wanted a god damn mentor 😡

[@jamricsloe]

Once the illusion of a steady paycheck is lost, it's almost impossible to regain the lost trust.

[@twinphill900]

I know for some of us we need an income, that's how it is. Just remember that if you were to die, your position would be filled even before you're buried. Invest in your family, too. The family will remember you and love you a lot longer.

[@Babypinkkkkkkkk]

True 😢

[@sebran]

I was listening to an earnings call one time and the CFO said that earnings were helped by favorable mortality rates among pensioners. I thought, “Holy cow, This guy just said that pensioners who die young are good for profits!” It makes sense, but he said the quiet part out loud. It supports Simon’s assertion that CFOs should not be allowed to speak to the public. 😂

[@Larsbor]

… funny I always hear this; the more senior the more responsibility and payoff, but what they produce and the responsebility they show is really never living up to that talk. Nice Simon got a study that tells the truth.

[@juleeme3215]

I took on management position, it's the most stressed I've ever been and felt like I had less agency due the demand placed on me!

[@thevegastan]

That's probably because you have a moral compassion that got you there. The same thing can't be said to others I believe.

[@Scott-got-caught]

You were either in middle management and or a retail environment?

[@k7esav]

Nice

[@frankwolftown]

If you want employee empowerment then form a union.

[@Scott-got-caught]

How to form a union

[@BatshitVashti]

Clean 👟

[@neilgregory9083]

There is no loyalty from companies. Even loyalty from people is a rare exception. You don't get a gold watch, you get a rusty old knife in the guts or your back. 😂

[@jimallen8186]

Great endorsement for John Boyd and Mission Command; again, Simon Sinek really is a nexus between Dale Carnegie and John Boyd.

[@jimallen8186]

lack of meritocracy can also pull in Veritasium with “Luck or Hardwork” and Robert Reich.

[@patrickginther8527]

If you want loyalty you have to give loyalty.

[@Goldenheart2911]

I agree 💯 Patrick. It's the same with friends and respect. In order to have friends you need to be a friend and if you want others to respect you need to be able to respect yourself and others as well.💛

[@Scott-got-caught]

It's basic reciprocity 101

[@patrickginther8527]

@@Scott-got-caught And yet it somehow eludes people.

[@eze2190]

I agree with giving employees responsibility and rewarding them when they succeed (Makes the company more income). But his stance on standing next to them and try to mend it is just so - so. If someone is rewarded financially when they succeeded, should they not be held accountable (Losing income for the company)for failure? I’m not talking about firing them or cutting their pay, just not giving them the bonuses or raises)

[@evan_james]

Companies consistently value passive shareholders above people who do the work (and may also own a few shares). Corporate culture is dead. Its homogeneous in large part from company to company.

[@vincentpoole7588]

S/S. The greater we become Senior - the higher chance we are Mexicans ! ! Grasping the ideas you're irrelevant ? V.

[@ac8074]

I disagree that it's increased control that decreases work stress at higher levels of leadership. It's been my experience that the higher you go the more you have to disassociate from caring about the impacts of your decisions and how they affect people because you simply can no longer care anymore on an individual basis because what you are doing is for the betterment of the "company" vs it's people. I think that is why there is so much evidence that many CEOs are literal sociopaths because at some level between Sr Leadership and Executive Leadership you have to learn to let go of your empathy to keep accelerating in the company. I am at that crossroads now and have been told directly by Exec leaders that my empathy for my teams is both my strongest and weakest asset and my reluctance to make "the hard decision" (namely tossing people aside to progress a team or effort) has been holding me back. I'm actively conditioning myself to care less and telling myself "it's part of the job" as a leader to not care too much because caring in the past for what others see as lost causes has directly limited my progression as a leader. I think this is the general rule and there are exceptions of leaders who can bring both but it is not the defacto experience.

[@vongpheaktra5547]

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