In my last blog, we discussed the necessity of being the best version of ourselves. For someone to be the best version of themselves, a leader must make each employee feel as if they are part of the greater mission. We no longer live in a pension world where employees stay at a company for twenty-plus years. Employees often leave because they feel like they are not making a difference.
Forbes Magazine did a study in late 2014 showing that 65% of employees left their employer because they did not feel valued. It is purely a leadership challenge to make an employee feel valued. One of the first steps leaders should take to communicate the vision, mission, and values to the employees. The vision is the desired state of an organization and the mission answers how an organization will get to its desired state.
I like to think about the vision as the finish line and the mission as the vehicle to get there. Plain and simple: if your team is not in the vehicle (mission) you will never, as an organization, get to the finish line. We need to get our people in the vehicle. Sounds simple, right?
Our vision at RealManage is to be the best company in the world at managing jointly owned property. Our mission has six components akin to a 6-cylinder vehicle: provide comprehensive and innovative solutions, exceed the expectations of our customers, provide visibility and transparency in all that we do, measure our performance and improve at the fastest rate possible, create a work environment that encourages professionalism, growth and diversity, and grow a financially strong organization which will enable us to provide industry leading innovations apart from our competition. We will never be the best company in the world at managing jointly owned property if our staff is not tied to the mission firing on all 6-cylinders.
I challenge each of you to read through the vision, mission, and values of your organization and provide goals to your staff in line with your mission. Your employees will feel valued, increasing both employee and client retention.
Thank you for reading. I look forward to publishing my next blog outlining my fifth point on leadership!
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