Democracy in our Workplace

Democracy behavior is rare in our life these days and most of us understand it wrong and miss its usages especially in the workplaces. You can find dictator or may find democratic dictator but no pure democratic, may that is related by our culture or traditions.

Just for your note; it is saying that the democratic dictator behavior is the most successful way in workplaces specific in our societies, for me I am not agree with this saying because the democratic dictator is still dictator J with mask of democratic but I believe that there are situations required from you to be dictator but using smart way to win who around you (use mask of democratic) – Democratic dictator == do what you want but with other agreements.

I read good article about the democracy
"http://www.startupnation.com/series/104/9121/5-advantages-democratic-workplace.htm" and its usage in workplace so I liked to summarize it to you as following:

The democracy helps the workplace/environment/companies to
- be a Talent Magnet
Most of talent people want to work where they feel appreciated and heard because they always have good ideas which are required to be discussed.

- Come Up With Smarter Ideas
As James Surowiecki writes, tap the wisdom of your crowd. Chances are the employees developing your products or services, fielding customer service calls or selling to clients have some great insights for your Next Big Idea – if only someone would listen.

- Work Fast
May the decision-making process, if it involves reaching a consensus, can take time.
But the time and attention paid to everyone’s point of view only makes the execution phase faster once the decision is made because When employees have a say and understand the “why” behind a decision the execution is faster, more efficient and devoid of resistance.

- Have Happier Employees
Being engaged, having a say, and being treated as an intelligent human being makes people happy – and creates a happier place to work as well.

- Boost the Bottom Line
Democracy means a leaner, faster, happier and more innovative company –factors which give the bottom line a boost.