Monday, December 21, 2009

Sense of Belonging


By: Eileen Rachman & Sylvina Savitri

In a meeting at the client company, there was tension of losses that can not be inevitable. Sue customers, while companies have to spend a lot of money when his pass. We feel no responsibility in the hands of one hundred percent personal or division, everyone was silent, did not take the initiative to take risks. No one tried to take control of what is essentially a mutual accountability.

At times like this, then felt that often there is the burden of responsibility for a larger and broader in front of the eye. We have a choice: Will it be silent when the company threatened? Does the company during the crisis, we just want to be a component or stand in front? Are the men of corruption, there appears superiors and recognized it as her fault less supervision? Is the event of the collapse of the bridge, there are officials who do not just make excuses and explanations, but imply guilt? Strength chose to enlarge the burden of responsibility and accountability to expand this coverage is often mentioned as the 'sense of belonging' or 'sense of belonging'.

Testing the sense of belonging

'The sense of belonging' can be felt and tested in many situations. Through campaigns and groups who have common sense and thinking for example, we see a gang of people supported the action: "I'm proud to be one of Indonesia". In the company, to increase efficiency and productivity, lots of loud parties in meetings and brainstorming about solutions, innovations, policy and ways for teams and companies to remain competitive. This is the expression of a sense of belonging. However, the sense of having a more distant, it is tested if the errors, losses, big risk also "owned" in a concrete individual, in the form of action.

Slogans need to be tested with the reality of how we direct sleeves to help victims of disasters without much analysis and comment. In the company's financial situation is tight, what our reaction time and facilities trimmed salary cut? We need to make sacrifices, such as budgetary units cut, trimmed facilities, sometimes out the statement: 'Why did I?'. Individuals who have good ownership, it would have spontaneously said: 'If not me, who else? "This is where the greatness of soul, courage will be reflected in the automated accountability, without thinking.

Should Blame Weather?

A company that is promoting the leadership program, complained logjam employee development programs. We discussed the root of the problem, many employees say that the leadership of a dominant firm, intelligent, observant but not much protecting the one who caused the bad situation. Flood of complaints and even a bit cynical comment-less directed to the leadership of the company, eventually an adverse impact on their own individual development. By focusing on the bad situation, the control center within the individual delayed. Individuals quickly feel helpless. As a result, the motor that moves away to feel the 'sense of urgency' and the ambition to become better, paralyzed.

We do not blame the weather, reading the 'wind' and kissed the atmosphere, but the driving force within us as individuals we need to turn on us even optimize to avoid wear. Find a scapegoat in a work situation or in a conjugal relationship, just close our chances to develop themselves in the long run.

Confessing One, rather than admit defeat

When Alan Greenspan urged the U.S. Congress and directly asked: "Are you guilty?" Of the global crisis, he replied: "Yes, some of it". We'll see how pamornya that for years admired the world because their thoughts are bright, vanished because the answer is as if trying not to allocate fault wider than kongkritnya action. Let's say a big name like that can take responsibility and assume that the crisis is largely his fault, precisely the world will have more sympathy and respect. Recognition of personal fault or negligence, not a sudden drop fame, could even be an act of chivalry that can build credibility, trust and can carry a team to take corrective action themselves together. Sense of belonging not only felt if the institution or the State are safe, but just when someone chooses to go forward and say: "It was my fault".

Plead guilty, sometimes heavy as if conceding defeat. However, plead guilty badang pairs, in fact very closely connected with the 'sense of belonging' which is often touted people. We'll see how many leaders or former leaders vying to claim the success that he made in his time, but the responsibilities throwing each other when raised about the policy mistakes or decisions that he made.

If someone can admit mistakes, he will automatically put more effort into taking action on issues that are in 'scope', more freely allocate repair and replace the direction for further success. Of course the apology is not to be expected without appreciation, without sincerity, or even as a means to avoid the opening of a deeper fault. An apology, especially those out of a leader is the practice of evidence or reasoning. Opened with a statement of recognition of their responsibilities, a leader actually easier to manage the risk, open-minded people around, opening a deeper discussion, open and honest for the sake of "corrective actions".

Translated from: http://jobs.experd.com/articles/page/157/

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