Time has run for our current models of consumption and behavior. People have to start living differently and companies have to stop producing products and services which take away limited resources. This will require new ways of leading organizations and people. Here is a starter list of what must be done now.
|
What’s in |
What’s out |
| Place people over profit | Place profit over people |
| Stability | Growth |
| Team based pay | Merit based pay |
| Society collective vision | Company centric based vision |
| Integrity | Poor ethics |
| Invest in people | Invest only in products and services |
| No harm to earth as a priority | Use of resources to maximize profit |
| Clear vision, values which contribute to society | Unclear vision, values |
| Flexible work anywhere, anytime, anyway policy | Inflexible work environments |
| Communication and collaboration which enable
Joy at work |
Performance appraisals |
| Teach people how to motivate themselves | Reward and punish people to drive external motivation |
| Social responsibility | Exclude local communities |
| Enable creativity, risk taking, courage, innovation | Demand compliance |
| All people vested in the financial success of the
organization |
Only senior management benefits in the success |
| Respectful culture | Disrespectful culture |
| High wages, strong benefits | Minimum wages, poor benefits |
| Culture which enables learning | Limited learning opportunities |
| Diversity | Inequality |
| Valuing customers | Ignoring customer feedback |
| Role modeling humanistic values | Corrupt and unethical behavior |
| Leading and coaching | Authoritative managing |
| Systems thinking (long term, vision) | Short term profit oriented |
There is no choice now if we want to have a sustainable world!