Product Overview
After 20+ years of working in and observing organizations of every type and size, we at The Hunter Partnership Alliance have noticed a theme all successful ones share. They have enthusiastic, confident, optimistic, appreciative and happy people who work together on behalf of a future they have all committed themselves to. Sports is filled with many great examples of this theme. For example, when Shaquille O Neal and Kobe Bryant of the 1999 Los Angeles Lakers were fighting with each other, the team couldn t mount a winning streak. As soon as the two star players started to work together, the rest of the team followed suit and the Lakers won three straight championships. In another example, at the 2002 NFL Super Bowl, the New England Patriots did something we had never seen before. Rather than individual introductions, the Patriots chose to be introduced as a team. At that moment we knew the heavily favored St. Louis Rams were in trouble. The Patriots did indeed win. Here s the problem. In most organizations, the above components of a successful organization simply do not exist. It is rare to find a group of people who are enthusiastic, confident, optimistic, appreciative and happy and working together on behalf of a future they have all committed themselves to. Quite the opposite is usually true. Very few people say they love their jobs. Significant numbers of people are unhappy at work. A 2005 Gallup poll reported that only 11% of surveyed employees said they were strongly engaged at work. Why? Is it because people don t want to be enthusiastic, confident, optimistic, appreciative and happy? Would they rather be resigned, fearful and negative? Do people not want to be part of a team? Would they rather be selfish and loners? Of course not. After working with hundreds of companies and tens of thousands of individuals it s clear to us that people want, more than anything else, to work in an organization where their daily activities nurture them, where they can experience and express their creativity and where management supports their commitments. People want to realize their full potential, experience a sense of accomplishment, achieve personal satisfaction, attain their goals and ambitions and receive recognition and rewards for their contributions. Unfortunately, the majority of people don t come close to realizing these goals. A recent survey reveals a startling statistic: only six percent of American workers love their jobs. In today s culture, Monday is blue Monday; Wednesday is hump day; TGIF (Thank God It s Friday) concludes the week. People go to work. They trade their life and a bit of their soul for a paycheck. They tolerate endless hours of meaningless work so they can have fun on the weekend and during their two-week vacation, if they get or take a vacation. What a sad state of affairs! This mindset not only robs people of the aliveness that s possible at work, it also robs the organization they work for of the productivity and creativity that a nurturing environment makes possible. It doesn t have to be this way. We have the power to change this situation. Do you want a truly successful organization? More important, are you committed to developing one? If you want to be as effective with people as you are with technology and if you want to create the kind of organization you hope is possible, then Unshackled Leadership is for you. You will discover that the present business climate exists for only a few reasons. Together we will look at those reasons and explore what has been done and what you can do to overcome them so you can create the organization of your dreams.
