How to Get Rid Of That Groundhog Day Feeling

'What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?'

That sounds pretty awful, right?  Yet in many ways that is what people are experiencing in organisations that rely too heavily on a command and control leadership model.

When the normal behaviour of a Manager is to dictate what will happen, what to do, where to go, who to work with, even what to think, there is a very real risk that people will develop a ‘learned helplessness’ that will significantly decrease engagement levels, performance and productivity.

So what can organisations do to get rid of that Groundhog Day feeling?