Suggestions for getting management to "walk-the-walk" of Fish

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Comment by Nikhil Soni on September 28, 2009 at 5:09am

It is very important that your management team goes through the training program. Depending on your budget you can take professional help or create a presentation yourself. There are a lot of PPTs available on the net.

It's when they feel that Aha! moment is when they will commit completely to the FISH! philosophy.

Comment by Harry Geist on July 21, 2009 at 11:15am

Hi Sarah,
In addition to Char's excellent suggestions, I'd recommend that your managers and leaders invest in our LeaderFISH! video training program. LeaderFISH! helps leaders better support a FISH!-like work culture. Feel free to contact me at 800-811-5209 for futher info on LeaderFISH! Best of luck on your FISH! journey.

Comment by Char on July 21, 2009 at 10:37am

In order to create and sustain a FISH! like culture, it is essential for management to understand and embrace the FISH! practices, lead by example, and commit to bringing FISH! to their employees and there are a few ways this can be accomplished. First off you don't want FISH! to become a corporate mandate, rather you want them to see it as an invitation. We’ve discovered that when a leadership team experiences an invitation to FISH!, they, in turn, are better able to extend the invitation to others. This approach helps to ensure success and sustainability. SO as a suggestion here is something you should try: Ask the Leadership team to help you to form teams and then assign people from those teams as captains of each of the four practices. These people will be given the task of leading the philosophy within their groups which takes the responsibility of the managers to not have to add more to their plates (which may be why they are resisting) but rather provides them with a solution and a better working environment overall. Hope this helps!