Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

What if for once we did not credit the economy with having the power to stop our firm’s growth. What if we focused on the organization’s wonderful brainpower to find successful solutions instead? Would so many people still hate their work?

Jack Welsh said he’d get a gun and shoot his successor … Jeffrey Immelt … if GE missed its financial targets again.

Emphasize brainpower and you’ll top up creative prowess in any firm … far faster than ranting about fiscal limitations that drain  resources. Times have changed Jack Welch! Not that it’s easy to find risk-takers initially who will do their brain based homework to get the process underway. And workplaces that fail to shift their focus from the bottom line to mental dividends will likely find more loss that victory.

Experienced a toxic workplace lately? Or talked to leaders like Jack Welch … who vent … while staff feel victimized at work? If so … you’re likely looking at a lack of mental motivation with money matters at the hub. It doesn’t have to be that way. 

Opposite  Welch’s vent …  healthy … growing firms spotlight 10 tactics … with the brain in mind:  

1. Exchange cynicism or bullying … for smart skills as fuel for business growth. People today often describe money-driven work settings as pushing talent out … and yet research shows it needn't be the case.

2. Cultivate tone to advance the lives and careers of all employees. Show the value of that tone to engage  opposing views of financial approaches in ways that operate from diverse angles.

3. Teach staff to communicate with genuine word choices rather than speak meta messages where one thing is said but another is intended.

4. Network with others of different backgrounds to build goodwill … even with those who differ. Survey people to get feedback ... and grow workplace intelligence for financial decisions.

5. Include intelligences that bridge money matters and common sense … from  people across different cultures … genders … ages … races … beliefs … and backgrounds.

6. Create skills that build  financial solutions and open spigots to profit in a recession.

7. Be aware of bullying like Jack Welch  used in his rant for more money …  and you will increase your ability to create thoughtful responses past problems that disrupt the workplace. Create alliances that pull together!

8. Use solutions that people offer …  to move past problems that hold you back. Ask for ideas and then implement these and reward idea givers.

9. Laugh often and especially laugh at self … because such laughter adds enzymes for goodwill in the human brain and in the workplace. Hopefully Jack Welch will laugh and take himself less seriously.

10. Listen to learn from others in different fields and in your own. Share new ideas you hear … congratulate other's offerings … and build unity across differences.

With the brain … rather than fear or ego at the center … we tend to find lessons from every personal mistake … especially when we admit what went wrong.  Then model communication from learning on the other side of errors.

What would you use to turn Jack Welch’s broadcasted cortisol into mental serotonin for opportunities at GE or your firm … beyond intimidation?

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