{"id":19300,"date":"2016-11-15T20:47:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T01:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/?p=19300"},"modified":"2016-11-15T20:47:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T01:47:07","slug":"10-traits-of-organizations-that-people-admire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2016\/11\/15\/10-traits-of-organizations-that-people-admire\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Traits Of Organizations That People Admire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;Everyone wants to be told they&#8217;re pretty!&#8221; &#8211; <\/em>former co-worker<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every leader I know wants to head up a team, department or organization that people admire.<\/strong> \u00a0We all want to make a significant impact and see our influence increase. \u00a0The question becomes exactly how do you become an admired organization?<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month,<strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2016\/10\/15\/why-the-chicago-cubs-will-win-the-world-series-leadership\/\">Chicago Cubs<\/a> snapped their record 108-year championship drought in an epic 7-game World Series victory over the Cleveland Indians.<\/strong> \u00a0They are now the envy of every organization in baseball.<\/p>\n<p>In the November 8th edition of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">USA Today<\/a>, writer Bob Nightengale discussed the Cubs&#8217; success and how others are attempting to replicate it. \u00a0As I read his article, I gleaned the following are\u00a0<strong>10 Traits Of Organizations That People Admire<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Organizations That People Admire Are Mimicked By Other Organizations<\/strong> &#8211; New York Yankees general manager Mark Cashman said, &#8220;Everybody would like to get where the Cubs are now.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizations That People Admire Feel Good About Their Direction<\/strong> &#8211; Cashman adds, &#8220;the Cubs are sitting on something I know they feel really good about and feel good about everything moving forward.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizations That People Admire Have Young Talent<\/strong> &#8211; In one World Series game, the Cubs had six players 25 years old and younger in their starting lineup.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizations That People Admire Have Proven Leadership &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Of Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein, Yankees special assistant Jim Hendry said, &#8220;Nobody in this world could have done a better job than Theo. \u00a0To do it in Boston and then in Chicago, two places where it never happened, Theo has proven to be a cut above everyone.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizations That People Admire Hire Top Talent &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Hendry added, &#8220;You still have got to make deadline trades that worked out admirably for them and get the right guys in the draft.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizations That People Admire Expect Excellence From Their Employees &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>New Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen said, &#8220;There&#8217;s an intensity about Theo Epstein and the way he pushes his employees. \u00a0He demands excellence for them&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizations That People Admire Challenge The Status Quo &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Hazen adds, &#8220;(He) challenges everything, no matter how small.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizations That People Admire Place High Importance On Small Details &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Hazen continues, &#8220;Nothing is unimportant to Theo. \u00a0No detail is unimportant. \u00a0I think that&#8217;s a really positive attribute that he has.&#8221;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizations That People Admire Must Retain Their Top Talent &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Cashman remembered the Yankees dynasty which won four World Series in five years from 1996 to 2000. \u00a0He said, &#8220;We had a nice dynasty&#8230;We had a collection of talent, and we were able to hold it together for quite some time. \u00a0It&#8217;s part of our history and something to be proud of.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organizations That People Admire Have The Very Best Leaders &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Hendry concludes, &#8220;These things all go in cycles but the guy running the Cubs is pretty special. \u00a0And as long as he&#8217;s there, they&#8217;re not going away. \u00a0You hear everybody saying they&#8217;re going to get the next Theo. \u00a0Well, it hasn&#8217;t happened yet.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>What is one thing from this list you learned which will make you a better leader?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briandoddonleadership.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=8cf82b4fe8b977ced00f17537&amp;id=9cf0d32f3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18442 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1269.png?resize=250%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1269\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/briandoddonleadership.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=8cf82b4fe8b977ced00f17537&amp;id=9cf0d32f3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0or on the image to the left and as a free gift for subscribing to this site, you can receive\u00a0my new Ebook\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/briandoddonleadership.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=8cf82b4fe8b977ced00f17537&amp;id=9cf0d32f3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em><strong>1269 Leadership Quotes: Timeless Truths From 2016\u2019s Top Christian Leadership Conferences<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. \u00a0Featured are the Johnny Hunt Mens Conference, ReThink Leadership, Orange and Leadercast Conferences among others. \u00a0If applied, these insights will make you an exponentially better leader. \u00a0Enjoy!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Everyone wants to be told they&#8217;re pretty!&#8221; 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