Organizational Survival Mentality 101

I feel that many times in organizations we get stuck doing things one particular way and it produces results that are sometimes intangible. So intangible that we forget that people aren’t responding a certain way or people aren’t doing satisfactory work. But, to our mind’s eye it looks good or rather it feels good. I like to call this survival mode. I’m not a friend of the Darwin’s theory so I will state my own case in point. A lot of organizations get stuck operating in survival mode when in fact they should be thriving. No one benefits when this occurs but it becomes part of the operating process so everyone adapts to their environment. People get their paychecks on time. Organizations still get their allotted funding. Leaders are still getting top leadership positions at 500 companies. When we thrive we are able to see that we impact the culture, community, organizations, groups/teams and individual
My personal experience has led me to believe that when organizations thrive they increase their vitality. Vital organizations play a critical role because they are directly involved in maximizing results as within the system of change and transformation. For example, the employees see their environment as now being part of their identity and they will treat it with love, respect and appreciation. If a person love respects and appreciate themselves they will want to be in an environment that is nurturing, respectful and appreciative. If you devalue yourself you will not want to contribute to an environment in a productive and healthy fashion.
However, we all have to see ourselves as connected to changing these systems that exist within the workplace. Organizations can't get there alone..we are the people that make organizations evolve. As we evolve these organizations have to evolve..when we bring different models of leadership we create different forms of reality as it relates to thoughts and production.