Another unintended and dangerous outcome of glorifying firefighting - people will wait for the fire so that they can don the cape rather than do the silent thankless drudgery work of putting guard rails in place. As a leader, I thank my fire fighters but always make it a point to publicly appreciate the work someone puts in in coming up with a plan for ensuring a fire doesn't break out and implementing guard rails.
Senior leaders need to be even more mindful of not glorifying noisy busy work over painstaking planning and execution that leads us to a quiet dinner :-)
Precisely. And you cannot blame the individuals who behave this way because the culture has unconsciously trained them to act this way. We love Superman, when what we need is a Dark Knight working in the shadows :)
Another unintended and dangerous outcome of glorifying firefighting - people will wait for the fire so that they can don the cape rather than do the silent thankless drudgery work of putting guard rails in place. As a leader, I thank my fire fighters but always make it a point to publicly appreciate the work someone puts in in coming up with a plan for ensuring a fire doesn't break out and implementing guard rails.
Senior leaders need to be even more mindful of not glorifying noisy busy work over painstaking planning and execution that leads us to a quiet dinner :-)
Precisely. And you cannot blame the individuals who behave this way because the culture has unconsciously trained them to act this way. We love Superman, when what we need is a Dark Knight working in the shadows :)