In reading Insights on Leadership, chapter 17 discusses the death of our spirits in surviving and excelling in the workplace. I looked at this chapter with particular interest because of my current state within my organization. In the last post I discussed the negativity of organizations where moral bankruptcy and low moral prevailed. I focused on the obvious negativity that was present not realizing that our everyday tasks were just as detremental to our spirirts. The text states that we are contributing to the killing our spirits, "In exchange for an allusion of power and control, safety and security, we have betrayed our souls because we are afraid". (Spears, pg. 209)
The stress that I feel from time to time have made me afraid. I wake up in fear of being late for work and it continues throughout the day as I complete my assigned tasks, until the time I leave in the afternoon. Throughout the day I summon the courage that is spoke of in the quote from The Book of Qualities by author J. Ruth Gendler. So my question for this week is:
How do I remeber to and stay focused on injecting my courage in to my daily activities so that I am not defeated by fear that organizations breed.
How do I remember to be a healer and not a warrioir as I am confronted by the "powertrippers" and the backstabbers?
The stress that I feel from time to time have made me afraid. I wake up in fear of being late for work and it continues throughout the day as I complete my assigned tasks, until the time I leave in the afternoon. Throughout the day I summon the courage that is spoke of in the quote from The Book of Qualities by author J. Ruth Gendler. So my question for this week is:
How do I remeber to and stay focused on injecting my courage in to my daily activities so that I am not defeated by fear that organizations breed.
How do I remember to be a healer and not a warrioir as I am confronted by the "powertrippers" and the backstabbers?
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