"Your laws are always right; help me to
understand them so I may live."
Work is managed more through rules than we would even imagine, that
is until we sit down and read all the through the policy and procedure
book. No wonder some of the most creative people find ways to not go to
work for big companies so that they aren't subject to the myriad of
rules and regulations. Of course there must be some set of rules in
order for any organization to function and operate, but I have always
been a believer that in the rule category, less is more. If we fill a
book up with policies to try and cover every imaginable situation then
we are surely penalizing those that don't need to be penalized and we
are creating statutes for the exceptions and that doesn't bode well for a
philosophy of trusting those around us. The companies that do it the
best, in my mind, are those who manage from a place of values and
principles first and rules second, and only when there is no other way
around it they put a rule in place. The first time we encounter rules in
our lives are as children and each of them are put there to set
boundaries to keep us safe and out of harms way. As we grow older we
want less boundaries and we search for independence and freedoms.
The
same can be said for how we work. Within each of our jobs we want as
much autonomy and freedom as possible and rules tend only to get in the
way. But, they are a way of work life and unless we are in a position to
influence how the rules are written, we just have to live within them.
King David had the right attitude as it came to rules and laws. He said
to God in Psalm 119:44; "Your laws are always right; help me to
understand them so I may live." We may not always think that the rules
and laws within our work are right, but seeking to understand so that we
can live within them will help bring some sense to why and how to
manage within them. Don't be a person who lets the rules get you down or
cause your attitude to be affected because you don't like the ways
things are managed. Do your best, to understand the "whys" behind the
rules and then find your own way to work and live within them.
Reference: Psalm 119:144 (New Living Testament)
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