FROM:TODAY
Hosted by Jonny de Mallet Morgan, Chief Vision Officer at leadership and communication consultancy FROM:TODAY, this podcast is where leadership meets inspiration. Join Jonny as he engages with thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators who share their dreams, challenges, and the stories behind their leadership journeys. With a passion for people and business, Jonny uncovers candid insights and experiences to inspire both current and aspiring leaders.
Each conversation serves as a powerful resource for anyone looking to grow, lead, and create meaningful change in their organization.
Mini-Series Feature: The With INTENT: mini-series, led by Chris Wickenden, Chief Creative Officer, offers a weekly dose of inspiration. In 5-minute deconstructions of the latest business and leadership trends, Chris sparks new thinking and encourages practical, constructive action.
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With INTENT: Why Should We Care About Care? Our 5 Minute Deconstruction.
With INTENT: our 5 minute deconstructions of the current trends to inspire healthy rethinking and reconstructive action.
by Chris Wickenden, Chief Creative Officer at FROM:TODAY.
In a world where workplace disengagement costs the US a staggering $1.9 trillion in lost productivity, Chris at FROM:TODAY ventures into the heart of the matter: the power of care in driving high performance. In this episode, Chris unveils a transformative truth often overlooked by businesses: it's not just about skill; it's about genuine care.
With captivating anecdotes and compelling insights, Chris navigates through the landscape of teams where skill alone falls short, revealing how a deeper level of care can revolutionise workplace dynamics. As he delves into the nuances of building trust, understanding, and shared values within teams, listeners are drawn into a narrative that transcends traditional workplace wisdom. Join Chris on this journey as he challenges listeners to reflect on their own connections to their work and invites them to be part of a dialogue that promises to reshape workplace culture.
[00:00:00] Hey, Chris here from from today. So younger employees are feeling more and more detached from the work that they're doing. And in the US, disengaged workers account for 1. 9 trillion in lost productivity. So that is quite a big deal. And I would say that irrespective of the economic argument, the fact that so many people don't really connect to what they're doing for most of the time, i.
e. their jobs, is a pretty sad state of affairs. I think it's important to get behind what's going on here. So I really encourage you to have a look at our block where we delve into this in a little bit more detail and offer our guidance. But right now, I want to have a look at just one sort of example of how care impacts high performance.
So as a business, we are called in a lot to work with [00:01:00] teams to upskill them in so many different areas. It could be. Directly in relation to communication, uh, leadership, collaboration, creativity, giving feedback. So many different areas and totally connected areas. And what we find time and again is that the skill level and the technique of the team is not what's missing.
What's missing is the requisite level of care. And to be clear, that doesn't mean that we work with people that couldn't care less and that they're negligent and don't care about anything that they do. Not at all. We work with really great people that have the right intentions and care about doing a good job.
But the extent to which they truly care And connect to the people around them and connect to the work that they're doing. What they're looking to achieve together isn't high enough. So, it's really important for teams to spend time [00:02:00] with each other. To build up that trust and understanding. To work out each other's needs and wants.
How you want to work together. We've done a lot of work with teams to build up what we call a constitution of behaviours and values. Which acts as a line in the sand. To hold each other accountable. And on top of that, with that level of understanding and care for each other, you also need to be really clear about what you're looking to achieve together and to connect to that.
To understand also how that fits in to the bigger picture for the business. When you don't have those things, when that level of care isn't high enough, then that crunchy conversation or that Need to give a little bit of difficult feedback that need to push yourself out of the comfort zone or go the extra mile Seems that bit less Appealing because in the back of the mind you always have that question, but [00:03:00] but why though?
What for? Why rock the boat? Like, things are going okay. We can just carry on doing as we were and I avoid the short term pain of maybe, for example, having that difficult conversation. So, care. So important. It's beyond skills and techniques. And what care does within an organisation is it ensures that every conversation and action that you take is warmed up with the right people.
So I really encourage you, as I mentioned before, to have a look at our blog on this, where we give our guidance. If you've got five minutes, please take them to fill in intent. Our organizational performance tool doesn't take long at all. And it gives you some really great insight about the care level in your organization right away.
And right now, I'd like to ask you, what you do to, number one, stay connected to the work that you do [00:04:00] every day, connected to the people around you, and how do you maintain that high level of care within your organisation?
Thank you so much for listening. We would love to carry on the conversation. So whether you agreed, disagreed, felt apathetic, thought I was talking an absolute load of rubbish, we still want to hear from you. So you can reach out to me either on LinkedIn or email me at chris at fromtoday. com. Please follow and subscribe for more of these where we deconstruct the current trends and offer our insight.
Thank you.
