🌸Management Future Notebook - Friday (Issue 64) Permanent Preservation Edition: "Why don't they move even though I told them properly?" — The leader's words taught to me by radio calisthenics

🌸Management Future Notebook - Friday (Issue 64) Permanent Preservation Edition: "Why don't they move even though I told them properly?" — The leader's words taught to me by radio calisthenics

On Fridays, we deliver "stories that connect to the future."
From history, culture, and daily events, I share stories that make you want to think a little over the weekend.

■ Introduction

"I told them properly, so why don't they move?"
If you are a manager or executive, isn't this a question you have felt at least once?
Instructions have been given.
Explanations have been provided.
Yet, the actions on the ground do not change.
The other day, while doing morning radio calisthenics, I felt like I understood the reason for this a little better.

■ Words from radio calisthenics

The instructor said this:
Instructor A
"Rotate your arms."
Instructor B
"Let's rotate our arms as if drawing a beautiful circle."
It is only a small difference, but the moment I heard Instructor B's words, the movement of my arms changed.
The image of "drawing a circle" came to mind, and my body's movement naturally aligned.
I realized something here.
People's actions change not through "instructions for action," but through "words that prompt awareness."

■ The same applies to organizations

The same thing is happening in organizations.
For example,
Boss A
"Please create a proposal."
Boss B
"Please create a proposal that will make the client choose us when they compare it with proposals from other companies."
Even for the same task, the awareness of the person receiving it changes.
When words change, awareness changes.
When awareness changes, actions change.
And the results change.
Organizational results may be determined not by the quantity of instructions, but by the quality of awareness design.
When awareness is aligned, the structure of the organization itself changes into a "form that is easier to move in."

■ Words of Antonio Inoki

Thinking about this story, I remembered the words of Antonio Inoki.
If you walk this path, you may wonder what will happen.
Do not fear; if you fear, there is no path.
If you take a step, that step becomes the path.
That step becomes the path.
Go without hesitation.
If you go, you will understand.
"If you go, you will understand."
At first glance, it might sound irresponsible.
However, in reality, it is a phrase that makes someone take that first step.
This is because people need the most courage when taking the first step.
"If you go, you will understand" is a phrase that places value on "experience" rather than results.
There is an awareness that can only be changed through experience.
I believe a leader's words are not commands, but "switches of awareness" that generate action.

■ Editor's Note

Even within the few minutes of radio calisthenics, there were hints hidden for moving people.
"I told them, but they didn't move."
The cause might not be ability or motivation, but the design of the words.
The switch of awareness is the words that change the "reason" for action.

■ Today's Question

Do your instructions reach not just the actions, but the awareness of the other person?

■ Cat's Muttering

"Drawing a beautiful circle" makes me more motivated than "rotate your arms," meow.

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