I remember reading a leadership article a while back that talked a
lot about KITA (Kick in the ass) managing - it provides stimulus, but
doesn't persist after the kick has faded into the background.
This
week has been an amazing example of managing by building ethics instead
of building detailed information based lessons that are underpinned by
KITA. For example: we have not mentioned tardiness or attendance since
the first day, when people were shown and told clearly that we show
respect for each other by being where we are supposed to be when we are
supposed to be there.
By setting the standard of you
are being disrespectful to others and the institution when you are late,
it has (so far) made people want to be on time in order to show that
they care and that they want to be here. Instead of it being me or
another administrator getting angry and acting childish (and that anger
being a KITA), which would mean that staff would only care about being
on time when they thought a manager was watching or would notice.
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