FISH!™ Manifesto
People are dying to bring their passionate, authentic selves to their jobs. Unfortunately, their jobs often won't let them. Which is crazy, because the success of any organization is based on the individual success of each person in that organization. Choke personal creativity and you choke that organization’s chance to flourish.
Most people do want to bring their wholehearted self to work, to develop their own identity and to be accountable for their contribution to the big picture.
Quit your day job.
It’s time to loosen up. Play more. Lift the lid on freedom and responsibility. There are really no more "day jobs" out there. When people are genuinely engaged in the work they do—rather than just doing time—they become inspired to innovate.
We spend more time at work than we do with our families. Why would we want it any other way from nine to five?
A new language for a new culture.
So where’s the opening? We believe it’s with conversations—the life-blood of any relationship.
If you want people to make a personal investment in the big picture, it must start with meaningful conversations. Honest discussions about the shared dream so that each and every team member can understand and refine, then find and feel their personal connection to the vision and their role in it. This is when people discover new-found courage and feel motivated to act. And when the tough issues come up, there’s no way around them. You talk straight through them. So that in time, your business strategy is directly aligned with your cultural strategy.
Let’s be real.
Once people develop a common language around a meaningful, motivating mission, the conversations shift to what’s possible rather than coulda, woulda, shoulda. New attitudes develop. Performance improves. Customers notice. Trust increases. Everyone feels a creative reawakening and a renewed commitment to "who they’re being while they’re doing what they’re doing."
People honor a culture that honors them.
It’s all about trust, isn’t it? The ability to trust and be trusted is one of the most powerful forces on earth. Organizations committed to intentionally creating and supporting a culture of earned trust are those organizations that will generate a dynamic culture flush with natural energy, innovation and a competitive advantage that no one can copy.
Human imagination is an organization’s most valuable asset.
Tthe success of any organization is directly proportional to the personal success of its individual associates. Every organization needs people who are passionate, committed and free to live the organization's vision through their own personal values.
Since we live in an era where there’s enormous emphasis on productivity and maximizing human capital, the opportunity and privilege to inspire personal transformation that leads to organizational transformation is here and now.
The FISH! Philosophy is a life-long philosophy that helps us feel inspired about the work we do. FISH! helps build great organizations by affirming one another. Because making money is easy. Finding meaning is not.
To find out more, see this FISH! speaking formats page or contact me to find out more.
