Episode 34: Quiet Quitting. Why Leaders Fail To Create A Productive Organizational Environment

In this episode of The Thinking Leader, Bryce and Marcus discuss the concept of quiet quitting and the issues that are affecting leaders in today’s workplace. 

 

Changes to the corporate world in recent years have been almost instantaneous and have had a profound and lasting impact on the way that we all work. Seemingly, a growing majority of people are no longer willing to do more than the bare minimum amount of work necessary to keep their job. This is down to a multitude of varying reasons - some avoidable, others not so much - but a large responsibility for a disenfranchised team is down to a problem with leadership in the working world.

 

Those that are willing to go ‘above and beyond’ are often not being rewarded for exceeding expectations, which is ultimately encouraging people to accept mediocrity. 

 

In the show, Bryce highlights that one of the issues is the fact that the wrong leaders are being promoted in the workplace and their levels of leadership skill, professional development and management competence are simply not up to scratch. 

 

While this tsunami of workplace indifference seems to be sweeping organizations globally it is - in most cases - obvious that no one sets out to intentionally do a bad job. Realistically, most people want to make a positive difference in their working life but oftentimes there is just no incentive to do so.

 

Seemingly, leaders are not making good relationships with the people on their teams which, in turn, results in them being less willing to exceed expectations. 

 

In the episode, Marcus notes, from his time in the military, that the best leaders were those that were willing to put in the extra work and get their boots dirty. They led by example which meant they got the best out of their teams. This style of ‘roll up your sleeves’ management seems to garner respect, leading to others ‘upping their game’ in line with the expectation being shown.  

 

This show will make you question whether, as a leader, you are willing to put in the extra time necessary to ensure that your team feels they can have an honest and open dialogue with you. 

 

In this episode you will hear: 

• Why employees are not motivated to work hard
• What leaders need to do to have a motivated workforce
• How you can be a better team member 
• Why trust is so important in the workplace

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Bestselling business author Bryce Hoffman and agility expert Marcus Dimbleby talk about decision-making, strategy, resilience and leadership with some of the world’s best CEOs, cognitive scientists, writers, and thinkers in this weekly podcast. Each episode offers new ideas and insights you can use to become a better leader and a better thinker – because bad leaders react, good leaders plan, and great leaders think!