Blog #146: How to keep the magic alive in your company - 3 essentials

When I was a little girl, I just loved the morning on the 6th of December as that was the day that Saint Nicholas passed by our home in the middle of the night. I loved putting my shoe ready, with my handwritten letter in it to tell the Saint how good I had been. No wish list from my side... I loved the letter that I got in return together with some oranges and gingerbread.

To be honest, I kept on doing this as long as I lived at my parent's home... until age 24??... I just loved that magic, and my mother played the game with me and put gingerbread and oranges in my shoe and even wrote me a letter each time.

No fancy toys, no expensive stuff, just the ?? MAGIC ??of the moment.

These days I heard of a company encouraging children to put their wishlist out on the window so that Saint Nicholas can scan their wishes and deliver it to their homes.

No hand-written letters, no magic.

Times are different. Just like when I took my first job back in the '90ies. I was happy I got a job at a secure employer (a bank...) and that was more or less it. These days people have a more concrete wish list. They want a meaningful job in a purpose-driven company. They want a work-life balance, good salary conditions and lovely colleagues.

I believe this is a great thing, as long as the magic does not disappear.

How can you keep the magic alive in your company?

1. Take care of each other: 'Do you know why people love to work in our organisation?', an impact entrepreneur asked me at an artisanal winter market last Saturday. 'Because we always have somebody in the team who takes care of the wellbeing of the other colleagues. Our people come to work with a smile on their faces.' And indeed Gallup's research confirms that?an engaging manager -- someone who genuinely cares about their team members -- is perhaps the most important driver of an engaging culture.
2. Get personal: no one size fits all. People are different. People like different things. People have different learning styles, different personalities, different needs, different aspirations, etc. You can only keep the magic if you know what animates your individual team members.
3. Be true to yourself and to your culture. The other day it was the first time I heard about the concept of mission drift. Companies that used to have a mission, an ideal, a purpose, but when the money kicks in they drift away from the initial mission and they go for the money, the financial gain in detriment of the purpose. Mission drift kills the magic, but the opposite is true as well: a purpose-driven company that lives and breathes that purpose in a genuine way and sticks to it is magical,

This is?my?146th?blog?to inspire you, decision-makers in the hiring process, 'magicians' who attract and keep the talent you need to grow your business, now, and in the future. For you to see how you can join the Talent Treasure Hunt. Keeping the magic alive is definitely part of that as well.

Now, it is your turn.?Please answer the questions below:

How do you keep the magic in your company alive?

If you need some help to build a magical company culture where everybody feels they belong, do not hesitate to take up contact.?

If you need more inspiration. You are the lucky one today, as Saint Nicholas takes care of everybody reading this blog today and puts a White Paper with 9 Effective Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd in your shoe. Just click the link. Enjoy!

Thanks a lot for reading till the end and I am looking forward to reading your reactions.??

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Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Enjoy your Treasure Hunt Journey.

Katherina

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About?Katherina Swings

An inspirational?connector, a multi-lingual?contributor?with international (working and living) experience, an inspirational speaker, a seasoned HR person with two decades of corporate experience, an experienced change?manager?with business savvy, a creative?writer, a certified professional?learning facilitator, a certified inclusive leadership trainer, a certified employer brander, a?multi-cultural networker, an active?listener…

My?vision?is to create a positive world by connecting people who discover each other’s strengths. The tagline of my company Co-Wings is 'Using everybody's wings to fly ??????'.

My?mission?is to support?100 000 managers worldwide to become (more) in-clusive.

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