06/17/2021

The Importance of Cultivating a Courageous Workplace

Staff members solve challenges more quickly

Having courage in the workplace may not seem like the most needed skill, but it is an asset and should be cultivated, according to University of Virginia professor Jim Detert.

“The benefits at the organizational level: [Staff are] just flat-out solving problems more quickly,” said Detert, the John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration. “They’re pursuing opportunities before they’re lost or a competitor takes them. There is also high employee engagement and commitment. That ranges from people making fewer mistakes, people working harder, people being more creative, to people engaging in organizational citizenship—their willingness to help, their willingness to go above and beyond.”

Detert’s new book, Choosing Courage, looks at employees who spoke up and changed their organizations or—in the case of a medical student who challenged a seasoned physician—people’s lives for the better.

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