What's Love Got to Do With Engagement - Everything!
Given that it is Valentine’s Day, we thought that we should look at what place love has in business.
“It might sound slightly bizarre, but one of the key beliefs of effective leadership is to be madly in love with all the people you are leading.” Ken Blanchard
“People want to develop, people want to make a difference, people want to get involved and people want to be magnificent. I think people are motivated to be magnificent only when the person who is leading them is ‘in love’ with them.” Ken Blanchard
This isn’t “soft stuff”:“What is love? Love is playing every game as if it is your last.” Michael Jordan
“I’d much rather have a company led by love than by fear.” Herb Kellher, Retired Head of Southwest Airlines – the most profitable airline in US aviation history.“To be in the all Blacks is about loving what you do. It’s about caring for each other. The team is a family and you love your family. If you love your mate you’re willing to look after him and you’re going to do anything for him. That’s the beauty of playing in a team. You have 15 guys who all have one goal in mind rather than a set of individual goals. The aim is to be successful. The aim is to win and to everything you can to make yourselves better players and better people. At the same time you want to help your mates be better players and better people, the same as you would for your brothers and sisters.” Sean Fitzpatrick, Captain All Blacks New Zealand
What is your company doing to foster love in the workplace?