Top Talent Behavioral Traits Misfit: A Pitfall To A Great Organizational Culture.

A great organizational culture is a key to developing the traits necessary for business success. Our culture shapes the way we work and play, and it makes a difference in how we view ourselves and others. It affects our values—what we consider right and wrong. This is how the society we live in influences our choices. But our choices can also influence others and ultimately help shape our society. As a leader beware that at one stage or the other in your organization, you will find yourself dealing with the following groups of people / behavioral traits. If you don't have the wisdom to deal with them, your business is in danger as they will lead to a downward cultural shift:

1. THOMAS GROUP TRAITS

They walk with you but they Don't really believe in you. Though God can use you in front of them, they are not easily moved they take time to believe in you. These people can delay your vision and they are also not aware they are also delaying themselves. It's a struggle and a Burden to lead people who don't believe in you.

2. JUDAS GROUP TRAITS

They walk with you but they have issues with you when God begins to bless you. They are not happy when things of great value are given to you. In short, they are jealous of your success. They have serious issues if your life becomes better and better. They talk as if you don't care about the poor. Anyone who is jealous of your prosperity or position can betray you. 

3. ABSALOM GROUP TRAITS

You give them the opportunity to teach or lead and they begin to see themselves as the leaders of the workplace, they believe they can teach and lead better than you. When they lead, they lead to prove a point that they are better than you, they won't even mention you in their conversation. They work behind you to steal the hearts of people so that people will follow them. They will make people feel they are neglected in your workplace. They will tell people they are there for them to help them anytime they need help. These ones are in competition with you, they believe they can be better leaders than you. Tomorrow trust me they will split your staff. 

4. KORAH GROUP TRAITS

This group will challenge your authority, they believe you are at the same level as everyone and they have issues when workers give honor to you. They will say you are honoring this man too much. They have issues when you give instructions, they are rebellious and dangerous because they see you as someone who is at the same level as them. They believe everyone is professional and everyone is educated so what is so special about you. 

5. HAM GROUP TRAITS

These ones will expose your nakedness, the day you find yourself in a shameful act, they will tell everybody about your weaknesses and they will be happy to expose your disaster. 

6. GEHAZI GROUP TRAITS

This group is with you but they will be collecting money from behind your back. They take advantage that they are close to the leader and use that to collect things from people. They borrow money from people and they do not pay them back. They go to people to ask for financial assistance and make people feel they are not taking good care of them as they serve in the organization. 

7. DEOTREPHES GROUP TRAITS

This one is too dangerous, they are famous in the workplace, they have power and influence, and have a voice amongst the people. They speak malicious words behind your back. They are poisonous, they can come with stories that can totally destroy your image as a leader. They can come up with serious lies that cause people to leave your organization. They will come with stories that you are eating company money, you are sleeping with women and you are also using sangomas to grow your work. Their stories are very harmful and dangerous. 

The Great Cultural Iceberg

Unhealthy cultures are breeding grounds for unethical behavior. Every so often, the internal culture of an organization becomes visible to the outside world when bad decisions or poor behavior reveal the underbelly of the beast.  Potential customers make decisions to do business based on how they feel about a company’s culture. Potential employees make decisions on whether to join and stay based on a company’s culture. Culture is simply the way things really get done when nobody’s looking. Every company has a culture, whether or not it has been formally defined. The example of an iceberg provides a good analogy for corporate culture:

The portion of the iceberg we can see (above the water) is the way we SAY we get things done and includes more formal items such as vision, strategy, goals, policies, and procedures. What is invisible or not easily seen are the things below the water. These explain how we REALLY get things done. This includes perceptions, tradition, values, unwritten rules, and generally the feelings and emotions of its people. In an effective corporate culture, there is no difference above and below the water. In an ineffective culture, there are differences between what you say you do and what you actually do.

Companies anchored by a strong organizational culture have leveraged their cultural "capital" by activating their long-standing values while navigating these tumultuous times. These companies have a reserve of goodwill and mission focus that employees have been able to draw on as they face circumstances previously unimagined. The strong cultural values established over time allow companies with cultures that support flexibility, collaboration, and resiliency to withstand the waves of change. Therefore I pray that God will give you the wisdom to deal with all these kinds of traits because, no leader can rise to a higher level in his workplace until all these traits have been materially dealt with in his organization, and if you deal with them in a canal way you can cause more damage to yourself and your organization. Always Pray, Learn and depend on God, He will surely help you.