Five Aspects of Wisdom in the Workplace

Wisdom in the workplace is to have positive mindsets and build an innovative culture.

People spend significant time in the workplace. However, statistically, more than two-thirds of employees don’t feel engaged, what’re the negative feeling employees have, but they might never tell their managers? How to build a high engaging, high innovative and high productive working environment? How would you describe the wisdom in the workplace?

Wisdom in the workplace means to have the right people getting the right information at the right time, in dealing with the varying situations wisely. Wisdom in the workplace is possessing the knowledge of your workplace inside out and having the ability to pass on that knowledge to others. Knowledge lifecycle is managed very effectively in such workplace; it means that raw data has been transformed into information smoothly; information has meaningful connections as facts or ideas to provide business insight, information is further refined into knowledge; knowledge is information having value in a context which flows freely in a highly intellectual organization, and wisdom is knowledge that is not time bound and has universal value, the wisdom in the workplace directly reflects the business brand and reputation.

Wisdom in the workplace means grooming and mentoring potential leaders now. Passing on the knowledge to others is true leadership. Succession planning should be proactive, not reactive. Wisdom is embodied by good leaders, so they have the patience to observe, listen, and process what is going on around them within the organizational hierarchy, and effectively executing a decision or direction. We can impart knowledge to managers and leaders, For example, organizations train leaders by giving them the information on how to be better communicators. They coach them on how to be more effective decision makers. This kind of knowledge and information is important. It gives managers knowledge about effective management and leadership skills. However, it is only after someone begins actually to practice these behaviors that they will gain wisdom.

Wisdom in the workplace means to encourage knowledge sharing. When organizational leaders value the contributions of each individual, understand and encourage the career aspirations of each person in the team, the likelihood of information sharing increases, because the old adage "knowledge is power" is less likely to be a barrier to knowledge sharing. When people feel supported and confident they will be developed and valued, turf wars are less likely and information and wisdom more likely flow. Confident employees are more likely to be open, share, and realize that even if their dream job is not within that organization, they can learn and contribute meaningfully for a period of time before they are ready to move to the next level.

Wisdom in the workplace is all about holding the sagacity in the premises and related premises of the organization. It is the proper blend of knowledge, ethics, and peace of mind. Awareness would be the key. Most managers have a full plate and no time to be observative to their surroundings. The best time management is to be consistent with your evaluation of the daily process. The person learns best by listening to his or her co-workers. And also giving feedback on their performance. The person should give the positives and negatives on performance. Listening to what everyone is saying "Really Listening" with your ears and watching body language then look at the Big Picture. Employees will grow and advance in the organization also having the patience to observe, knowing how to allow your wisdom and experience to lead your words and actions. This person learns best by doing and touching. We all learn in different ways. These managers have to experience first hand the consequences of their behaviors, actions, and decisions. They seem to benefit not only from self-feedback but also from observer feedback.

Wisdom in the workplace is to have positive mindsets and build an innovative culture. It’s about cultivating intelligent and empathic leadership and management team, driving fully engaging employees and building a high-performing team, and the purpose is to align corporate goals with employees’ career goals, encourage talent growth, create synergy by putting the right talent in the right position in the right time to achieve ultimate business result.

Different employees may have different expectation for the work they do and the workplace they go, but overall speaking, the wisdom in the workplace means positive atmosphere, growth mindsets, intellectual stimulation, culture of learning, open-minded leadership, and collaborative & professional working relationship to both unleash employees’ potential and drive organizational maturity seamlessly.

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