Often times leaders take for granted that their teams/constituents/followers know the basics – so they don’t talk about them.
This is a mistake.
I tell my team – when there is a piece of paper on the shop floor or in the parking lot or on the bathroom floor – I expect them to pick it up, and I will do the same.
What we see tells others around us and the world who we are and what our standards are. If we put up with trash on the floor and walk by it – no matter if it’s one piece, it tells everyone that it’s ok, and it invites another. Trash on the floor invites wasting materials and that invites abusing tools and that invites gossip and that invites bad quality and that invites our destruction and that causes low self-esteem and that is the cause of a wasted life.
Pick up the paper on the floor – because our lives are at stake.
Say it. Mean it.
Excellent point! Thanks for reminder
High standards attract and retain the best talent for your business.
Well said! Lead by example and be transparent about it. Great advise!
Thank you for this! This goes along with the “it’s not my job” mentality which is a bad attitude for people to have. As you said, those people will ultimately end up wasting their lives if they don’t change their attitude.
Well said!