Good morning and
welcome to Morning Serial.
Okay, good morning and welcome to the
underappreciated Thursday.
Now hopefully you're up early and ready
to go because today is cycle to work day.
So quick shout out to Mr. Cooper, an old
colleague of mine that
would often ride his bike to
work in downtown Chicago.
Well, go ahead and jump on that old BMX,
that Schwinn or your
e-bike because it's all about
swapping horsepower for pedal power.
And if nothing else, it's a perfect
excuse to wear that helmet
you panic bought in 2020,
right?
So gear up, breathe in that fresh air and
try not to pull a hammy.
All right, well, let's go ahead and shift
gears from bicycles to
brain fuel with today's
quote from Charlize Theron who said,
"There's nothing wrong with being afraid.
It's not the absence of
fear, it's overcoming it."
In other words, bravery again, isn't
about never feeling scared.
It's about choosing to
push forward anyways.
All right, well, today's news, facts and
birthdays are for August 7th.
We're going to start back in 1955.
That's when Tokyo Telecommunications
Engineering, you don't
recognize it, well, they were the
precursor to Sony.
Well, they began selling the first
transistor radios in Japan.
Then in 1987, Lynn Cox right here, she
became the first person
to swim from the US to the
Soviet Union across the Bering Strait,
braving freezing waters
for over two hours in the
name of peace and diplomacy.
Then in 1990 on this date, the US
deployed troops to Saudi
Arabia and that was the beginning
of Operation Desert Shield.
Then finally in 1992 on this date, the
movie Unforgiven, the
Clint Eastwood Western, well,
it was released and it would go on to win
four Academy Awards,
including Best Picture.
Well, happy birthday to you
if today is your birthday.
You share a birthday with Charlize
Theron, the Oscar
winning actress and producer.
She turns 50 today.
It's a big one for her.
Happy birthday.
And David Duchovny's actor, mostly known
from the X-Files, well, he's 65 today.
All right, well, the number one song on
this date back in 1986
was Glory of Love by Peter
Satera.
Now, get your love tapes out and your
slow dances ready
because it's the magical voice
of Peter Satera.
Now, this emotional power ballad made
famous as the theme
for the Cry 2 Kid Part 2.
It was Satera's first solo hit after he
left the band Chicago
and it held on to the top
spot in the Billboard Hot 100 for two
weeks and it earned an
Academy Award nomination
for Best Original Song,
an incredible love song.
Love it.
Well, let's go ahead and ride on over to
today's book segment.
We're in habit four still of Stephen R.
Covey's The Seven Habits
of Highly Effective People
and today we're digging into the sub
chapter, win-win management training.
All right, so Covey opens this up with a
compelling idea here.
"Win-win can only survive in an
organization when
that system supports it."
So that means if a company says it values
collaboration and
shared success but rewards
only individual performance, well, it's
sending a mixed message.
So Covey challenges us to ask, do our
training systems, do our
compensation structures and
recognition methods, do
they reflect win-win values?
In a true win-win culture, leadership is
less about command and
control and more about coaching
and enabling.
Covey suggests that management training
must go beyond surface level seminars.
Leadership should cultivate trust and
encourage accountability and empower
employees to develop
internal motivation, right?
That means no more
carrot and stick games.
People need to feel that they're part of
something meaningful,
not just clocking in.
All right, Covey says this,
"Win-win is not a technique.
It's a total philosophy
of human interaction."
You've heard Covey say that before and
that includes how
feedback is delivered, how roles
are defined, and how success is measured.
A win-win approach demands that both
parties feel heard, they
feel valued and involved.
It's not about caving
in or appeasing others.
It's about building mutual
respect and a shared vision.
And Covey also underscores the
importance of alignment, okay?
Training programs should reinforce the
principles of empathy and
collaboration and proactive
problem solving.
If an organization trains its people to
win-win thinking but it
sets up systems that reward
rivalry or hierarchy, the
culture will never change.
It's like teaching someone to swim while
tying weights to their ankles.
Okay, here's your takeaway.
Whether you're managing a team, whether
you're managing a
classroom, or you're managing your
family, okay?
Remember, systems shape behavior.
If you want more collaboration and trust,
you need to build
environments that reward
those values.
That starts with training people, not
just on what to do, but how to think.
All right, well that's where we're going
to wrap up today's
episode of Morning Serial.
And whether you're cycling to work today
or you're just cycling
through that huge list
of emails, remember to aim for win-win in
your interactions today.
Hey, thanks for
riding along with us today.
We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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