The Workplace Engagement Solution by David Harder

Author:David Harder [Harder, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Business
Publisher: Career Press
Published: 2017-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

The Mentor-Based Culture

The world’s most successful leadership development organization is the United States Marine Corps. The world’s most effective mentoring organization is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). There is great value in studying why the constructs of these organizations work so well and are so effective.

The Marines are highly successful in leadership development because they practice and live by values on a day-to-day basis. AA also succeeds through the continuous practice of values, however it is their mentorship model that bears much closer examination. AA is the world’s largest recovery “organization” and yet it has no formal infrastructure. It doesn’t market. There are no dues or fees. It began with two individuals and now has an estimated membership of more than two million alcoholics and drug addicts around the world. Throughout the AA community, you will find countless individuals with years or even decades of sobriety. AA’s effectiveness is based on values and mentor-ship. Mentors are those who learn how to use the program and provide the committed guidance that most human beings require in order to achieve long-term behavioral change. The mentors are not paid, yet they are attracted to become mentors because it deepens their own member skills and helps them to stay engaged. They experience great rewards by watching others flourish and thrive with their support. These are characteristics that many organizations should strive to achieve.

We apply these examples by creating a mentor-based culture that takes the early adopters of the skills, principals, values, and practices outlined in this book and encouraging them to become mentors to others. The mentors will help others grow the skills of change and engagement. They remind others to engage in regular self-inquiry and help their fellow colleagues deal with blind spots and old behaviors that need to be replaced. They help their colleagues find the right learning resources and support systems for their particular areas of growth. Mentors support and encourage their colleagues while they continue meeting the responsibilities of their own work. They manage their time effectively.

Mentors also celebrate progress at every turn. They become even more successful themselves because they are taking their own learning and growth to an entirely new level. They become valued allies. As the mentor base grows, the foundation and bench strength of the entire organization transforms. As a result of building this mentor-based model of working, overall productivity, morale, and engagement increase, developing a culture of excellence and caring.

When we build a mentor-driven culture, we establish an entirely new form of organizational performance by orchestrating the expansion of everyone’s abilities to change and engage. It will inevitably lower turnover and establish a true democratic environment in which anyone with initiative can build life-changing skills and help others to do the same. People want to work in environments like these.

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