Identify & Change Detrimental Company Habits

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I hate waking up in the morning.
 Even since I was 6 years old I struggled with the act of waking up and physically getting out of bed. I vividly remember laying in my catholic school uniform in the morning and just being so very tired.
I remember my mom telling me “you have got to get up and get ready”.
To this day waking up is something that truly hurts my soul.
The bed is so warm. I am so comfy. Why oh why do I have to start my day?

The thing is I’ve formed a habit. The habit of NOT getting up and staying in bed is something that is engrained into my routine.

  I’ve been diving deep into habits lately and why I do the things I do. I’ve learned I am not consciously choosing to do most of them. They are patterns I follow day in and day out. My mind knows I am going to do them and I don’t need to think about them.
This is why it’s so hard to break them.

 As I learn more about habits and the way they show up, I’m thinking about the ways they show up at workplaces. What habits are established and how hard are they to change?
Organizations have many habits that have been formed over time and are very hard to change. They may be good habits, like celebrating new sales together, or not so great habits like shaming people when they make mistakes. 
Either way they are there and as business leaders it our job to embrace the good ones and eliminate the bad ones.
But habits are so hard to change right?

Actually believe it or not they are not so hard to change, but they take time and diligence.
Here are my quick tips for habit busting in your company:

1) Identify the bad ones. The ones that leave people feeling awful are usually a good place to start. The habits that people make jokes about but really don’t think are that funny.

2) Ask others what is 1 small step that can be taken to change this pattern of behavior or specific action? Starting small is key, because big audacious goals and habit changing do not belong together.

3) Try it out. Pilot new ways of approaching the same challenges or opportunities. If it doesn’t work you haven’t really lost anything because the old way isn’t working either. Be open to new patterns and new processes. 

If you are uncomfortable with this, it means you are on the right track. Great things happen when we get out of our comfort zone. 

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Lauren Williams, Founder & Principle Consultant 

Lauren Williams utilizes her 20-years of expertise in the HR field to support companies by improving and enhancing their people skills/operations, which maximizes a company’s full potential. With care and passion, she focuses intently on the employee experience and how to leverage a solid community-based company culture that encourages organic employee engagement, retention, and empowerment.

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