Insane
The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different outcome each time you do it.
And I’m not talking about the repetition of communication, which I addressed last week in my Insight, “Sick and Tired.” Fun fact: Within 24 hours of sending it, it was the most opened Insight. The title triggered a response.
Let’s talk about what’s Insane this week.
It’s crucial that we invest time in the development of high-performing teams. This means fostering trust and alignment, two critical pillars of team performance.
What’s insane is that there’s evidently (just ask the question whether your team trusts you) no trust within the teams, and we keep muddling through, expecting miracle results.
It’s insane that people are afraid to say what they think and make it pretty clear through their body language, and we don’t make an effort to find out why. Instead, we listen to that loudmouth over and over again who has never really performed.
It’s insane that our engagement score is low, even if done only once a year, which is insane in itself, and we don’t do anything to address engagement. It’s too expensive.
So, let’s ask the most obvious question about getting aligned as a team:
