Steve Sheppard's latest blog post, Five Degrees of Connection, discusses his upcoming trip to Nicaragua and some training topics:
I'll be visiting communities and organizations that week, as is normally the case in my travels, which seek to strengthen themselves economically, socially and sustainably. What some hope to access through the Foundation is a methodology or mindset to employ for this developmental process. So consider the potential topics that I will be sharing with the disenfranchised poor as possible training topics: Ownership- The fundamentally different mindset in people when they own something as opposed to leasing, renting, borrowing or any other relationship; Participation- The importance of having involvement from every participant is that each person possesses a piece of the puzzle; Open Books- How can anyone truly understand their survival when they aren't provided with the rules of their game?; Holistic Wellness- Every organization is made up of dimensions that define its health and sustainability, including intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual occupational and physical components; Lean Enterprise- Every human undertaking is made up of processes, and every process has the opportunity to be improved.
Whether we are talking about our companies or our countries, he notes that we all have the same needs:
The need to be part of something bigger than ourselves, the need to contribute, to be regarded as having value, to recognize all the facets of our being, to be able to work for success in something: these are attributes that connect us. It's true within our companies, our nations, our world. The sooner we recognize and accept this fundamental truth, the sooner we begin to unlock the potential and magic that resides in us, individually and collectively.
As you ponder his post and how it affects you and your ESOP, here are some discussions of how the five topics relate to ESOPs:
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