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I love this post, Brenden, and you are so right about a key role of leaders.
One thing I’ve also seen that sucks innovation and engagement from team members is when the response is actually no response.
When ideas go unexplored, when innovation meets silence, and when leaders do not make time to listen to team members, that is a signal to most that the leaders are not interested in what others have to say. What is interesting, is that when polled, leaders will say that they wish their team members would ‘step up’ more and be more creative.
Huge gap in communication = massive drag on culture and business impact.
Thanks Andrew. Your point about no response is a right on! Sometimes, even after you’ve taken the time to go write the requested proposal, leaders just sit on it. This isn’t always malicious – leaders are pulled in many different directions with competing priorities. But to the innovator it looks like apathy at best. Thanks for jumping in on this one!
Andrew Freedman
March 26, 2012 9:56 AMI love this post, Brenden, and you are so right about a key role of leaders.
One thing I’ve also seen that sucks innovation and engagement from team members is when the response is actually no response.
When ideas go unexplored, when innovation meets silence, and when leaders do not make time to listen to team members, that is a signal to most that the leaders are not interested in what others have to say. What is interesting, is that when polled, leaders will say that they wish their team members would ‘step up’ more and be more creative.
Huge gap in communication = massive drag on culture and business impact.
Brenden Wright
March 26, 2012 10:00 AMThanks Andrew. Your point about no response is a right on! Sometimes, even after you’ve taken the time to go write the requested proposal, leaders just sit on it. This isn’t always malicious – leaders are pulled in many different directions with competing priorities. But to the innovator it looks like apathy at best. Thanks for jumping in on this one!