If you notice that you teach your team the same things time and again – try another way.

There is learning without teaching, and there is teaching without learning. Sometimes they need the space to get lost and build their own help from void, from nothing to learn from their own mistakes and from their own experience. Yes, they do need your help, but possibly not the kind you are used to. Your team is lost, facing a problem that seems as big as mountains for them, maybe even for you. I guess this is more for you, managers, than it is for teammates. Instinctively we imagine what he might think: from where do I get help?! In despair he lifts his eyes to the mountains. Those options are always there.īut, hey, from time to time allow yourselves to just Get Lost, watching over yourselves from whatever lies outside.Ī few more words on the context: Psalms 121 is about Jacob (aka Israel) running away from his bigger and stronger twin brother Esau. There is, of course, the option of getting help from the manager, from books, from an expert, from The LORD. This interpretations suggests: “ …indeed, Israel will neither slumber nor sleep, watching over” Once again, the original suggests an alternative: There is a tendency to come up with a solution, any solution, as long as we are making progress. Ok, so the manager enters the room, and you are lost. So the next verse is not an answer for the above, it is the next statement: “ My help comes from the LORD, …“ maybe the LORD will help me find my way through the void. I lift my eyes, lord of the mountains– From void, comes my help.” I encourage you to check it out, if you sense any doubt: Those of you, who are not Hebrew speakers, may find this strange. This text is translated literally from Hebrew: I lift up my eyes to the hills– where does my help come from?” and the answer immediately follows: “ My help comes from the LORD, …” Reflecting on the famous verse from Psalms 121: “ A song of ascents. Let’s face it, imagine your manager entering the team’s room, when none of you really know what to do next? Not a pleasant moment.

One of the anxiety provoking situations working in organizations is getting lost not knowing what to do next.

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