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Remember that a paradigm is how you see the world.

Let’s look at an example: Picture a manager, leading a group of people.


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Published on Jul 20, 2017

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Remember that a paradigm is how you see the world.

Let’s look at an example: Picture a manager, leading a group of people.


Paradigm:

"People are inherently lazy."
This manager's paradigm is that people are inherently lazy.


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If that is the manager's paradigm, how does he/she behave? What does he/she do? In other words, what is the manager's practice?

What does the manager do?

The manager might

- show a lack of trust in employees;

- look for reasons to fire people; and

- do the work himself/herself.


How are you likely to behave?

Imagine that you are an employee on this team, and your manager's leadership style includes micromanaging, lack of trust, doing the work himself/herself, etc.

How are you likely to behave?
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Employees will react to a manager's practice.

Employees who find themselves in such a situation may just check out, disengage, wait to be told what to do, or gossip with other workers.

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The behavior (the results of the manager's practices) will be consistent with someone who truly is lazy. And that behavior affirms the paradigm that people are lazy.

Work must be done on paradigms

...not just practices!
Now, imagine that the manager is sent to training where he or she learns many new management behaviors to become a better leader. That certainly will help...but the paradigm that "people are lazy" still exists!

How long will those new management behaviors last after the manger returns from the training? Not long!

If the goal is to ensure different results, work must be done on paradigms—not just practices!