DiscoverMorale Mindset
Morale Mindset
Claim Ownership

Morale Mindset

Author: David Huynh

Subscribed: 2Played: 2
Share

Description

Morale is the drive, the spirit that other individuals have to support our goals. With high morale, all objectives requiring multiple individuals will become streamlined. With low morale, these same objectives will continue to struggle obstacle after obstacle. Having a Morale Mindset means placing morale as a key factor in our decision making so that we can optimize for stronger results through improving individual performance. In the podcast, "Morale Mindset", we discuss ways to elevate morale in the people around us, through actual stories and tactical solutions. Hosted by David Huynh | Executive Coach | Writer | Stanford University B.S., M.S. | moralemindset.substack.com | medium.com/@moralemindset | david@moralemindset.com
16 Episodes
Reverse
In my previous company, I noticed how some individuals would show up to work and do a great job structuring ideas together, but would not speak up at meetings. Furthermore, they did not get the deserved recognition either in the form of more important projects or roles due to this reserved vocal demeanor. If such individuals want to become decision makers, they may progress at slower rates than more vocal individuals with similar or lesser abilities. In line with this, I also noticed how some...
What does it really mean to listen to someone? Listening is just the action of processing sounds. But what most people probably mean is, do we understand the words coming out of their mouth. We listen actively by digging in to understand the speaker's intent and by validating whether we have a complete understanding of their message. Is this conversation going to take more time compared to you just saying your idea? Yes. It will take more time. But this invested time builds morale and ...
Most people think of negotiation as haggling for a lower price when buying an item, but it is so much more. Here are some examples of negotiation beyond fighting over price: When a parent needs to convince their child to come home before a certain time. When an employee needs to convince other colleagues to help push their initiative. When a team member needs to convince their boss to extend the deadline. In short, Negotiation is any discussion aimed at reaching an agreement. Alternatively ph...
From the end of 2019 until now, there have been many changes, an increase in working from home, a reduction in labor for some industries, or even worse - a loss of some friends and family members. These changes can potentially lower morale in the individuals around us, either because of fewer quality interactions in person, potentially a loss job security, or other personal issues. About Morale is the drive, the spirit that other individuals have to support our goals. With high morale, all o...
Gauging morale is all built around understanding the degree to which other individuals support us. This is important because, if other individuals have strong morale towards us, they will HAPPILY work with us through challenges. If we could all read each other's minds, we would be able to directly know everyone's morale towards us. We would explicitly, know whether someone supports us or not? And how much they support us? Unfortunately, most of us likely do not know what exactly other p...
By knowing their preferences, or goals if possible, we will be able to understand what drives this individual. Taking the time and effort to understand another individual's goals will increase their morale towards us. Helping the individual progress towards their goals will ultimately increase their morale towards us even further. For this episode, we will focus on asking the right questions to understand another individual's goals and preferences. About Morale is the drive, the ...
We need to identify and understand the different types of problems so that we can determine how to support the individuals around us moving forward. The types of problems can be categorized in many ways, such as by urgency or by importance, but today we will focus on differentiating between individual problems and interpersonal problems. Distinguishing between urgency and importance will tell us when to solve an issue, but distinguishing between individual and interpersonal problems will tell...
We can gauge morale by assessing their willingness to open up. The more problems they feel comfortable sharing with us, the stronger their morale is towards us. By seeking to understand their problems, we are demonstrating to our team members that we care about them. Team members are more likely to open up and talk about their problems after rapport has been built with the manager. This rapport is built on the principles of understanding relationships. Specifically, the mor...
We can detect an individual's portrayal by 1) analyzing how the group's reception to the individuals messages and 2) how the group speaks about the individual. When the individual is speaking, Does the group support and believe the individual is coming from best intent... or Does the group assume the worst? Then when the group is speaking about an individual, do they support and lift up the individual or do they antagonize and push down the individual? Understanding an individual's portrayal ...
Influence within a groups covers everything from who makes the final decision on where to meet for dinner to who will show up, and bring others, to support our personal endeavors. If ten friends are all very close to one another, that does not mean they are equally close with each member. An unspoken pecking order does exist and we can interpret social pecking order by leveraging multiple cues, but today, we will focus on proximity. In our earlier episodes, we discussed free time and ...
Social pecking order tells us the hierarchy, or the level of influence, within a group. Knowing the social pecking order in a workplace, which can be different than people's titles, will help determine how we can drive influence within a group by selecting the right people to speak to. After discussing the importance of social pecking order, we dive into how to identify who is the most influential individual and who are their closest supporters. About Morale is the drive, ...
Over the past several episodes, we discussed how to gauge morale BETWEEN two other people. This episode will focus on gauging morale WITH another individual. Alternatively phrased, we will be looking at the morale between someone else and us, as opposed to two other individuals. Recall that our overall goal is gauge morale from other individuals towards us. Understanding relationships between others and with others is the foundation of building this knowledge. We will continue to build this...
Build off noticing free time, body language, and tone, we will now dive into analyzing word choice to understand the relationship between two other individuals. Specifically, we will cover pronoun usage frequency and the denotation and connotation of reference words and adjectives. About Morale is the drive, the spirit that other individuals have to support our goals. With high morale, all objectives requiring multiple individuals will become streamlined. With low morale, these s...
We are continuing season 1 of Morale Mindset, "How to Gauge Morale", by discussing how to get other individuals to organically open up and speak about their relationships. Then, once they have began speaking about their relationships, we can began interpreting their tone. By understanding their tone when speaking about their relationships, we can continue to build our toolkit for gauging morale. About Morale is the drive, the spirit that other individuals have to support our goals. Wit...
In the second episode of Morale Mindset, we discuss 1) how understanding relationships is connected to morale and 2) specific tells we can utilize to gauge the strength of a relationship between two people, namely free time and body language. Given the state of the world, approaches are provided for both in-person as well as online interactions. About Morale is the drive, the spirit that other individuals have to support our goals. With high morale, all objectives requiring multiple individ...
In the opening episode of Morale Mindset, we discuss what is morale, why is it important, and what is the background of the host, David Huynh? About Morale is the drive, the spirit that other individuals have to support our goals. With high morale, all objectives requiring multiple individuals will become streamlined. With low morale, these same objectives will continue to struggle obstacle after obstacle. Having a Morale Mindset means placing morale as a key factor in our decision mak...
Comments