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Sustainable Management - 10 Steps To Success

Guest post by: Martin Haworth

Article Overview: Getting the work done and delivering results is challenge enough for most managers. Those with vision see a bigger picture, where their legacy is ongoing success because their people have the skills...

Sustainable Management - 10 Steps To Success

Sustainability is about setting behaviours in place which ensure that things work, without you being on top of everything all the time. It's about giving permission to your people to do what they do best, trusting them to get on with their jobs, in the knowledge that if you train them well, they really will deliver consistently in the future.

It's all about giving them the information and skills they need, and then get out of their way,

Here's a great way to measure whether you are on the right road to developing a sustainable workplace:-



"Does it work as well (or better) when you are not there, as it does when you are there?"

Sustainability is about the culture you leave as your business legacy.

If you change your organization's culture for the better, it will last as people come and go - it will truly be 'just the way we do things around here'. And it will last.

Many managers are able to see the possibilities of creating a sustainable workplace. For them they've developed these Top Ten Skills to help them...

1. Develop Relationships

They are great communicators, develop trust, keep promises and are honest. With their charisma, they are respected and have fun along the way.

2. Set Standards Clearly

They ensure that their standards are clear, consistent and expressed in ways that others understand. With integrity, they model behaviours so that others can see what good looks like.

3. Make People Accountable

And once standards are clear, everyone really understands what is expected of them. Under-delivery is challenged, firmly and fairly until excellence is achieved. That excellence is always recognized with thanks and appreciation.

4. Constantly Upgrade

Those best at delivering Sustainability seek for more. They approach achievement with seeking the next level and whilst satisfied, look for more. There is no resting on laurels. It's that upward spiral of success, leading to more success. More personal achievement.

5. Let Go

These people are great at giving their job away. Rephrase - they are great at giving those parts of their job away that aren't theirs. So, they are very particular about what they do - and they let others get on with the rest. Train>support>coach>delegate.

6. Take Risks with People

To stretch and develop their people, great advocates of Sustainability give people their head. Through their knowledge of individuals, risk is reduced, and chances are calculated. This is hugely developmental and builds confidence - a foundation stone for a fabulous business culture.

7. Are Gentle with Mistakes

People do get things wrong sometimes. And the best at developing sustainable futures help their people learn from things going wrong. It's stretching their capability muscle - and stretched muscles become stronger - as long as they are allowed to recover.

8. Value Creating

These people live by the creed of actions being able to create value. If it doesn't, they don't do it. And they look out for, and are sensitive to, activities that provide opportunity to build business profitably.

9. Say No

In order to focus on doing the good stuff, those best at Sustainability say 'No!' to activities which are not productive. The space this creates enables focus on challenges which create lasting growth.

10. Take Time Off

The acid test? They take all their time off, let others get on with it and lie on a beach somewhere, confident that all will be well, or even better than when they are there themselves.

Oh yes, and they encourage this down the line for their key people to do too.

Sustainability is not only within the possibilities of any manager, it is a prerequisite of the success - or otherwise - they bring. By seeing the possibilities that sustainability can create, your team will find the recipe for success today - and into the future too.

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