Humility yields to arrogance in firms that fail to nip its buds. Champions of modesty on the other hand can inspire an entire workplace to innovations that lead to growth.
Some say you cannot make it to the top with mere meekness. Others say you’ll become the only one there and fall alone, if arrogance propelled you.
What do you say?
Brain based business works on the premise that people work harder, longer and better around unassuming leaders. A Jones 2000 study showed that people are 52% less likely to leave jobs where they receive respect. Ready to risk reducing arrogance at work?
People shake hands with humility and activate brain cells for invention, when:
1. Doctors ask two-footed questions to collaborate with patients for care and cures.
2. Faculty at university raise achievement by sporting openness to new ideas.
3. Specialists raise productivity by encouraging other with words that win.
4. Lawyers prevail in tough cases if they reach beyond cynicism to embrace truth.
5. Seniors find their wisdom is wanted more when they interact well with the young.
6. Mangers expand their talent pool when they draw from multiple intelligences.
7. Workers solve problems when they cross culture, age and gender for solutions.
8. Economists add new zip to business when they communicate without jargon.
9. Leaders of projects build capabilities at their firm when they facilitate strengths.
10 Researchers unleash wisdom that others miss when they celebrate brainpower.
When experts in their field welcome other intelligent voices from various fields to roll out ideas and transfer the science into art and growth opportunities, arrogance is often replaced by the good of entire communities. It's not only the recipe for humilty ... it's also the road to profitability all around. How does it work?
Steve Rossler suggests that at the end of every meeting, we simply ask: "How can we capture what we've learned today and spread it further?
Through this expression of humility, experts and novices in any field can literally transform the brain chemicals that fuel success in their workplace. Luckily, it so happens that human brains are hardwired for renewal. Are you?
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