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BEING THE BEST MEANS CREATING A SELF MANAGING CULTURE

Written by: Cliff Sutton

Article Overview: Self Management is the #1 Competency of Successful cultures and of successful people. Take a look at any top performers or top companies and the clues to their success are evident. They make and keep commitments, are self driven, and focus on the value the bring to those they serve and those they work with. Managers coach through meaningful conversations and walk their talk.

BEING THE BEST MEANS CREATING A SELF MANAGING CULTURE

Self Management is the #1 Competency of Successful cultures and of successful people. Take a look at any top performers or top company and the clues to their success are evident. They make and keep commitments, are self driven, and focus on the value the bring to those they serve and those they work with. Managers coach through meaningful conversations and walk their talk. The #1 Competency of top performers in any situation is the ability to self manage, on all levels. This is a bold statement (pun intended) and is based on core principles that provide a foundation foreveryday action and decisions, large and small. Some of them are: • Making and keeping commitments • Understanding and accepting accountability • Understanding and accepting responsibility • Knowing the difference between accountability and responsibility • Self Motivation through committed action • Managing by Effort In this environment people grow and companies grow because everybody knows the rules of the game. For example, if a commitment is made you can take it to the bank it will be done. The opportunity is there for everybody to be treated equally since these basic principles are understood and apply to all. The self management culture creates an expectation that each individual will help themselves however if help is needed it is available. As an added critical benefit, self managers are self confident. True Self Confidence is based on knowing what you need to know plus knowing you can trust your colleagues and company to support you and believe in you. Coaching evolves from 'supervision' to encouraging self motivation through meaningful conversations. Conversations based on ‘asking’ rather than telling. The result is a self management culture where a core set of values are applied to all situations and that’s where the power comes from. The expectation to achieve and succeed is a day to day reality.

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