It just so happened that lately I\u2019ve had two conversations that connected to each other in a rather interesting way.
In the first one, a colleague told me that he\u2019d never been on a vacation without getting calls from his team \u2014 but this time, finally, he did it. He was genuinely happy, because he only got one call, and that was a personal one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, I\u2019ve been working with two situations where overwork and endless working hours were seen as a kind of badge of honor.\nIn one case, someone actually said, \u201cYou can\u2019t really call him a true leader \u2014 he leaves after eight hours and doesn\u2019t even show up on weekends.\u201d\nAnd in another case, people were proudly saying, \u201cIt\u2019s a good thing we were still here at midnight when the furnace caught fire \u2014 luckily, the manager handled it well!\u201d er\u00e9nyk\u00e9nt<\/strong>, b\u00fcszkes\u00e9gre okot ad\u00f3 eredm\u00e9nyk\u00e9nt jelent meg. Pretty crazy, right?\nIt seems that the idea of heroism through exhaustion just won\u2019t die. We\u2019re still chasing that 150% effort and that \u201cEmployee of the Month\u201d glow. h\u0151siess\u00e9g<\/strong> tal\u00e1n sosem kopik ki; tov\u00e1bbra is a 150%-ra \u00e9s a \u201ekiv\u00e1l\u00f3 dolgoz\u00f3\u201d<\/em> kit\u00fcntet\u00e9sre hajtunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But if you think about it, mennyivel nagyobb val\u00f3di teljes\u00edtm\u00e9nyt jelent<\/strong> isn\u2019t it a much bigger achievement to build an organization where the managers are well-trained, decisions are made at the right levels, and processes run on their own? Because if a leader, or any key person, is indispensable, that person is actually the weak point of the organization.\nEverything depends on them, and the whole system freezes when they\u2019re not around \u2014 when \u201cDad\u201d or \u201cMom\u201d isn\u2019t there to fix everything. n\u00e9lk\u00fcl\u00f6zhetetlen<\/strong>, akkor \u0151 a szervezet gyenge pontja<\/strong>. R\u00e1 t\u00e1maszkodik minden, \u00e9s a m\u0171k\u00f6d\u00e9s le\u00e1ll, ha nincs itt \u201eapu\u201d vagy \u201eanyu\u201d, aki mindent megold. We can do this by building leadership systems, standard processes, reporting structures, and metrics that make operations transparent and decisions easier \u2014without being there 24\/7 or micromanaging every tiny detail. This is absolutely achievable for any leader, although it does take time and energy at first. A loss, because we give our lives away to our jobs. And if anything happens to that work \u2014 if it ends, changes, or we\u2019re simply not part of it anymore \u2014 we have nowhere to turn. nem marad hova fordulnunk.<\/strong> If we can move past that value trap, we\u2019ve already solved a big part of the problem. \u00e9rt\u00e9kk\u00e9rd\u00e9sen<\/strong> siker\u00fcl t\u00fallend\u00fcln\u00fcnk, tulajdonk\u00e9ppen a feladat jelent\u0151s r\u00e9sz\u00e9t m\u00e1r meg is oldottuk. Because once we\u2019ve defeated that little \u201cwork hero\u201d inside ourselves, we can finally build a real perpetuum mobile \u2014\nand take that well-earned two-week vacation somewhere with no cell service. legy\u0151zt\u00fck magunkban a munka h\u0151s\u00e9t<\/strong>, l\u00e9trehozzuk az igazi perpetuum mobil\u00e9t<\/em> \u2014 \u00e9s elmenj\u00fcnk k\u00e9t h\u00e9tre a t\u00e9rer\u0151n t\u00falra.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00dagy esett, hogy az ut\u00f3bbi id\u0151ben k\u00e9t egym\u00e1sra nagyon r\u00edmel\u0151, \u00e9rdekes besz\u00e9lget\u00e9sben volt r\u00e9szem.Az egyikben egy koll\u00e9ga azt fejtegette, hogy \u00e9let\u00e9ben m\u00e9g soha nem volt \u00fagy nyaralni, hogy ne h\u00edvt\u00e1k volna fel a beosztottjai \u2014 de most v\u00e9gre siker\u00fclt. Boldog volt, mert egyetlen h\u00edv\u00e1st kapott csak, azt is mag\u00e1nterm\u00e9szet\u0171t. Ezzel p\u00e1rhuzamosan pedig k\u00e9t olyan helyzettel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25,12,31,14],"class_list":["post-2463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-egyeb","tag-mentalhealth","tag-shortstory","tag-timemanagement","tag-workingwithteams"],"yoast_head":"\n
S\u0151t, m\u00e1r konkr\u00e9tan elhangzott az is, hogy \u201enem tekinthet\u0151 igazi vezet\u0151nek\u201d, mert nem t\u00f6lt el\u00e9g id\u0151t a munkahely\u00e9n, nyolc \u00f3ra ut\u00e1n m\u00e1r \u201emenek\u00fcl is\u201d, \u00e9s \u201eh\u00e9tv\u00e9g\u00e9n sem bukkan fel\u201d.
\u00c9s mekkora m\u00e1zli, hogy m\u00e9g \u00e9jjel is bent voltunk, amikor kigyulladt a kemence \u2014 ugyan az illet\u00e9kes vezet\u0151 megfelel\u0151en kezelte a dolgot, de m\u00e9gis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A company that\u2019s strong and stable enough to keep running smoothly even if the CEO or owner takes a vacation \u2014 or something happens to them \u2014 for weeks or even months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we want a company that\u2019s strong, resilient, and adaptable, we have to make sure everyone is replaceable \u2014 and that\u2019s a good thing. meg kell oldanunk, hogy mindenki n\u00e9lk\u00fcl\u00f6zhet\u0151 legyen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A tulajdonosi \u00e9s fels\u0151vezet\u0151i d\u00f6nt\u00e9sekhez sz\u00fcks\u00e9ges inform\u00e1ci\u00f3k \u00edgy k\u00f6nnyen el\u00e9rhet\u0151k, \u00e9s lehet j\u00f3 d\u00f6nt\u00e9seket hozni an\u00e9lk\u00fcl, hogy \u00e9jjel-nappal bent kellene lenni, vagy minden apr\u00f3 r\u00e9szletet szem\u00e9lyesen k\u00e9zben kellene tartani.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
But before doing anything else, I\u2019d emphasize this: the first and most important step is to accept that we don\u2019t have to work ourselves to death.\nWorking until you burn out isn\u2019t a virtue \u2014 it\u2019s a loss elfogadjuk: nem kell belehalni a munk\u00e1ba<\/strong>, hogy nem \u00e9rt\u00e9k az, ha hal\u00e1lra dolgozzuk magunkat<\/strong> \u2013 ez nem dics\u0151s\u00e9g, hanem vesztes\u00e9g<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A loss, because we don\u2019t spend enough time with our families.
A loss, because we stop taking care of ourselves, and our lives become nothing but work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I see this a lot with people nearing retirement age, who suddenly realize that they\u2019ve spent their entire lives working.
And now? No hobbies. No friends. No communities to go to. Nothing that keeps them grounded.\nBecause work filled every space \u2014 and eventually wiped everything else out. nincsenek hobbik, nincsenek bar\u00e1tok, nincsenek k\u00f6z\u00f6ss\u00e9gek, nincsen semmi, ami megtartana<\/strong>, mert a munka mindent kit\u00f6lt\u00f6tt \u2013 \u00e9s v\u00e9g\u00fcl mindent ki is irtott maga k\u00f6r\u00fcl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then we can start organizing processes, teaching people like George or Bill how to make reports the way we want them, or trusting Frank to run the night shift on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n