How Dysfunction Is Draining Profits and Productivity
By Ann Elliott
Although many business owners enable dysfunction in their companies, they do not do it on purpose. No leader would intentionally drain the profits from his company. No leader would diminish productivity in her company intentionally.
“Failure in the function of a system” defines dysfunction. Simply put, things aren’t working right.
For example, a small but growing company has two partners who cannot be in the same room. One of them disagrees so fiercely with three recent hires that he has vowed never to come back to work in the office so long as they are there. Please bear in mind, after these employees were hired, work got done faster and with fewer errors. Plus, the atmosphere dramatically became more positive.
Consider how expensive it is to operate in a dysfunctional culture:
- Unhappy employees, especially good ones, leave to work elsewhere
- Infighting among employees is the norm
- Work is below standard
- Leaders are not respected
- Deadlines mean nothing
- People avoid accountability
- Silos are common
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