A Company Is Not A Family
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- Опубліковано 6 гру 2021
- A Company Is Not A Family
And further a company shouldn’t be a family.
When companies began to overuse the family analogy, results are rarely positive. Instead, pushing for family levels of commitment can actually do damage to the culture. And in this article, we’ll outline the ways that the “family” metaphor can lead to dysfunction. As well as the steps team leaders can take to transform their dysfunctional fake families back into the thriving work teams they were trying to build in the first place.
Why Not:
Boundaries get blurry.
Too easy to take advantage of employees.
Departing employees feel like betrayals.
What To Do Instead:
Define Purpose
Encourage Boundaries
Celebrate Departures
Calling your company a family, may have been a well-meaning metaphor, but it hasn’t been a very useful one. Most employees don’t want a dysfunctional family. They want a team that’s bonded through purpose and built on trust and respect. They don’t want to be seen as family one day and divorced family the next. They want to know their contribution was valuable even after they leave. They don’t want leaders who overcommit and abuse them.
They want leaders who help them do their best work ever.
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Amen to that! We are also not our coworkers' therapists. I'm amazed at how much TMI occurs in the workplace.
Ha! Good point about therapy. A subject for another video I suppose.
I got so engrossed watching and listening to you that I forgot to leave a comment and like. I wish more and more people and leaders at the firm knew this.
Thanks so much!
I loved Adam Grant’s use of the term “community” over my use of “team” here. But still, team is a strong enough word without venturing into dangerous territory.
Oh SNAP! Departures being treated like betrayals hits very close to home. Thanks for this video - clear, succinct and it resonates...like GONGGggggg!
LOL. Thanks so much Lynnae!
Excellent video...and we all need boundaries!
Thanks so much!
I have outright talked people out of applying at employers I was currently at, and lost out on having made a $1k signing bonus for referring someone because the place was so toxic.
P.S. upper management often referred to us as family
I wish I was surprised to hear either point. Sorry Mark.
It's so manipulative . And so common in the west! Do you folks have no families or something! Cause no one says that in my culture.
Not very strong families. No.