Manufacture Your Day by FOCUSING ON SOLUTIONS

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for the “Manufacturing Leadership Minute” with Karin and Adrian!

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Do you and/or your team feel as mentally worn out as this cat? It doesn’t have to stay that way.

The work atmosphere in most manufacturing companies is, unfortunately, very problem-centric.

Thinking and speaking about problems day after day will eventually take a toll on your mental and physical health if you don’t have a mental strategy in place.

Anyone can spot problems, but if you train your mind to become more solution-oriented, you can start to give the word “problem” a different meaning.

When a problem is seen as an opportunity to improve or to discover new ways of doing things, it puts a positive spin on your daily challenges.

Here are 3 simple insights that will help to move you into action:

1) Positivity – How You Think:

Everyone on the team needs to understand that they have 100% control over their own attitude. What you focus on is what you will get. If you focus on problems, you’ll get more of them. If you focus on possibilities, you’ll start seeing all the opportunities.

Have you ever noticed how many “PCs” (professional complainers) are tolerated in our workplaces?

Your action:

Be aware of your own positivity first. How do you look at things? Is your language positive or negative? Do you expect people to fix issues, or do you expect them to find solutions? The way we speak is very powerful. We should never expect more from others than we are willing to deliver ourselves.

Make others aware that a complaining attitude has a negative effect on the whole team. No “PCs” (Professional Complainers) allowed!

For the next three months, make positivity a priority. Start observing how people speak to each other. Be aware and help others become aware too.

2) Clarity – How You Express Yourself:

It can be difficult to express what we want, especially if we don’t fully know what we want. It becomes even more challenging when we want others to understand what we want.

You can be the smartest person in the room, but if you cannot transform your thoughts into a meaningful message, your team won’t understand what you are trying to say. They need to know where you are going, why you are going there, and why they should come with you.

What would it be like if people did what you want them to do – not because they have to, but because they want to?

Your action:

Write down three positive workplace behaviours that you would like to see. If you want to see more:

• kindness, be kind.

• initiative, take initiative.

• responsibility, take on responsibility.

Start living and breathing your own expectations.
When you observe these positive behaviours, acknowledge and reinforce them – over and over again.

For the next three months, focus on looking for the behaviors you want to see instead of complaining about the lack of them. I’ll say it again: acknowledge and reinforce. You don’t want to be a “PC,” do you?

3) Identity – What You Believe:

Behaviour change is based on a person’s identity. Every person holds certain beliefs about themselves. If you believe that you are not a people person, you’re right. If you believe that you can develop better people skills, you’re right as well. You can choose what to believe. How awesome is that?

If you believe that your people can make a difference, they will.

Can you see where I’m going with this?

Your action:

What are your beliefs about your role in the team? How much influence do you have? For example: “I am the type of leader who connects well with the people on my team.” Remember, you do not need a title to be a leader.

Start proving it to yourself with incredibly small and simple steps. An example of a small win could be scheduling one hour a week to have a conversation with different team members. Get to know them. Show that you care. What is going well? Where do they see opportunities for improvement?

If you start to think differently, you will feel differently – and if you feel differently, you will act differently.

Isn’t this what it’s all about?

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

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