{"id":7409,"date":"2021-11-15T14:59:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T20:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=7409"},"modified":"2021-11-15T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T20:59:51","slug":"in-leadership-these-3-celebrations-can-be-hurting-your-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/15\/in-leadership-these-3-celebrations-can-be-hurting-your-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"In Leadership, These 3 Celebrations Can Be Hurting Your Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leaders build culture by what gets celebrated, and by what does not get celebrated.<\/span><\/h2>\n

That which gets celebrated very quickly becomes embedded in your culture.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

If you celebrate teamwork, then collaboration will become a part of the culture.<\/p>\n

If you celebrate treating one another with kindness, then compassion will become a part of the culture.<\/p>\n

But be careful. Because you could be holding celebrations for accomplishments that could actually be undermining a healthy culture.<\/p>\n

There are a few commonly celebrated accomplishments that look good on the surface, but which could be embedding all the wrong values\u00a0in your culture.<\/p>\n

Here are three accomplishments that don\u2019t always deserve celebration:<\/p>\n

Working Long Hours<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Leaders who \u201chigh five\u201d those who slog their way through the much-vaunted \u201c80-hour work week\u201d are not necessarily embedding the value they think they are.<\/p>\n

Putting in long hours has been thought by some to be the gold-standard when it comes to hard work and determination.<\/p>\n

But long hours can also point to poor time management, poor work-life balance and general inefficiencies.<\/p>\n

Rather than celebrating long working hours, better to celebrate \u201cworking until the job gets done.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming in Way Under-Budget<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Who wouldn\u2019t want to see a department, project, or manager exercise strong fiscal responsibility?<\/p>\n

In most cases, under-spending a budget is laudable.<\/p>\n

But be careful. Sometimes an under-spent budget can be a sign of inactivity; that not enough investment is taking place on key drivers.<\/p>\n

The point is, don\u2019t automatically assume that every un-spent dollar is worth a celebration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hitting Impressive Numbers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This one requires explanation.<\/p>\n

We are naturally attracted to the achievement of big numbers. But don\u2019t be too quick to high-five every sales figure or attendance total. To be of any value, a number needs a context.<\/p>\n

What is the comparison to last year? To last quarter? To last month?<\/p>\n

Numbers can be made to sound very impressive. And, given the right context, sometimes numbers should be celebrated.<\/p>\n

Just be sure you\u2019re not actually celebrating a downward trend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The old expression goes, \u201cWhat gets measured gets done\u201d. But more accurately, \u201cWhat gets celebrated gets done.\u201d When a leader makes a big deal over an accomplishment or behavior, that\u2019s how a culture is formed.<\/p>\n

So watch what you celebrate.<\/p>\n

Because an unhealthy celebration can quickly lead to an unhealthy culture.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leaders build culture by what gets celebrated, and by what does not get celebrated. That which gets celebrated very quickly becomes embedded in your culture. If you celebrate teamwork, then collaboration will become a part of the culture. If you celebrate treating one another with kindness, then compassion will become a part of the culture.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[769,478,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-2","category-featured","category-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7410,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409\/revisions\/7410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}