Relationshipsput heart and soul into the workplace. Sometimes they drain us and sometimesthey energize us, but they are what make us human. A pay raise, a pat on the back, and a promotion created too manylayers in an organization that required massive layoffs. Our structuresbecame territorial and we lost a sense of relationship. Offices becameprivate, the social dimension became diminished.
Leadership is really aboutcaring and it's hard to connect through walls.
If we don't pay attentionto what we are doing to relationships, if we do not stay awake, it is easyto steal songs, to stifle creativity and heart. If we use the organization as an excuse to not be connected, then we getinto trouble. Through good and bad days. It also requires a rebuilding oftrust. Loyalty is being redefined by workers as loyalty to a select groupin the organization, not to the organization itself.