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What are you doing-or not doing- to find “ordinary greatness” within your organization? You can find it in places you never imaged, and when you do, higher performance and increased productivity are right nearby.
One of the world’s premier violinists, Joshua Bell, performed on January 23, 2007. His performance went unnoticed. This took place at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro in Washington, D.C. People thought he was just another street performer as he was dressed in a t-shirt, jeans and wore a Washington Nationals baseball cap. Three days prior, people paid $100 each to hear him play at Boston’s Symphony Hall. Three weeks prior, Joshua accepted an award as the best classical musician in America. Playing at the metro in D.C. was set-up by the Washington Post who asked Joshua to play there. It was an experiment to test whether people would recognize him but mostly to recognize greatness if you find it in a place where you do not expect it to happen.
What if everyone in your company worked persistently at their best? It is a simple notion and one with profound implications. After all, a company made up of the best people in the business is itself the best in business.
Any company can create a culture of greatness. Why don’t they? They most likely don’t know how. Some people tend to think there is some kind of magic bullet or secret formula to being the best, but it’s not true. Organizations have the ability to be great with all the resources, and they just don’t see it. They just need a set of new eyes to see it or they have gotten so busy that they have neglected it.
Ask yourself this important question, “Are you missing the greatness that already exists in your organization?” The answer you give demonstrates where you want to take your organization. Looking for the next step in the success of your organization, or do you want to remain where you are- in a safe, no risk environment, doing the same ordinary things?
Those employees who earn minimum wage salaries can be your next great employee. Explore with them their thoughts, ideas and opinions. You never know what really lies inside of them. This is not to say that all employees are going to say that they are working just for a paycheck and nothing else.
This just shows that you need to get to know your employees no matter what level they work at. When organizations achieve extraordinary results they are often generated by people who describe themselves as ordinary.
Ordinary people do great things. Many of these individuals go unnoticed. Greatness gets overlooked on a daily basis primarily due to leaders simply fail to grasp what is in front of them. Many organizations need to tear off the blinders that keep them from identifying and seeing the greatness within their own organizations. These are the things that can drive high performance, increased productivity, and then create extraordinary results.
Explore the hidden value and talent buried within your organization. Most organizations and their leaders do not look at what their employees can contribute beyond the ordinary. Some organizations hire filling in vacant positions, while others look at each individual’s personality and work preferences then match them to the specific job that works best for them. You may just find that productivity will increase when you find the right combination and the greatness will shine through to reflect your organization’s extraordinary results.
write by harris