Mike works with both for-profits and non profits, sharing his expertise in developing leadership teams and culture.
In the second of a three-part series, Mike discusses the misconceptions about discipline in this article and how discipline is an integral part of creating a Just Culture. Discipline is often associated with punishment, and Mike explains why this leads to performance and people problems.
Does discipline fit into a Just Culture? I am convinced it is an element of a Just Culture.
When I was in school, I never really learned to appreciate the study of English. I was fine with vocabulary and grammar but the rest of it failed to excite me. In fact, part of the reason that I am an electrical engineer rather than mechanical is that EEs only had to take nine hours of English and MEs had to take 12 hours where I attended college. It wasn’t until later in life that I realized that those teachers had more going on than I realized. Words usually mean what the word means. I think we have overcomplicated the meaning of words. Often if we will just focus on the word itself we can understand what it means.
