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Do less, accomplish more

The trouble with instructions is that each time we tell someone to do something which they are used to doing anyway, like asking a driver to "check their fuel level" whilst on the motorway, a degree of self esteem gets robbed. Why is this and what is to be learnt from it?

Treat people as experts and let their expertise shine.
Our mission at The Halo Works is to help people be the best they can be.  We are sometimes a little ruthless in applying this, but we think it is very important.  After a vast amount of years in research we know that the vast majority of people want to do the best that they can.

To get people to be the best they can you may need to stand back and let them.
Once someone has been selected for their skills, their passion for what they do and trained in the systems they need to use, generally all that is required is a supportive atmosphere and a clear framework.  Interference, and new initiatives only deviate the person from their personal goal, which we know is to do the best they can. 

One instruction a day is fine, more than that and doubts start to creep in.
Something, which I have observed in the course of both my work with other organisations and also when running our own business, is that the more instructions that go out the less productive the individual becomes.  It is tiring to be given instructions because the person has to constantly re-evaluate their own values and sense of purpose to take into account the new instructions.

Organisations have instructions, which are in place and people are following but they add no value.
The reason Halo works is because it roots these out and replaces them with positive, measures which are congruent with the way the people in the organisation work and in line with the values which drive your people when they are being the best they can be.

This allows people to be the best they can be, and sign posts the organisation so that everyone knows and feels that they making a contribution, without having to be told.  How amazing would it feel to be a customer of an organisation like that?

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    Airline handling business

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    Chichester District Council

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    Strategy & Communications Manager- Rushmoor Borough Council

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    Rushmoor Borough Council

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    Rydon Group - Director of Strategy, Marketing and Communications