Gaining employee buy-in is a big deal. How do we get someone’s best if they’re not committed? The answer is that we don’t. Without buy-in, we may get compliance but we don’t get commitment. Clearly we want our team to be as committed as we are to achieving goals. Sometimes they are,
Have you noticed that despite its powerful effect on culture the news media is not always the best source of information. In fact, the same news program can demonstrate the definition of contradiction, sometimes even in the same breath. Recently, I saw a promo clip from one of my local television news stations about a
We’ve all heard the phrase, “If you want something done right, do it yourself.” There certainly are a few problems with that statement, one of which is that you have to do all the work! Who has the time for that? Instead, time constraints require us to work with other people. And let’s face it, this is the
A father is with his young son and his son goes around the corner where the father can’t see him. The father goes to the get the boy, brings him back to where they were standing before and tells the boy, “Don’t go around the corner.” The boy smiles and says “Okay.” Much to the father’s
Some of you know that several years ago I fulfilled a life-long dream of going skydiving. It was a thrill, at least for me. A funny thing happens when you’re amongst a group that is about to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. Quiet, rationale people will start to share their coping, or lack of
Logic indicates that a company can’t exist (for long) without customers. So clearly customers should be top priority for any organization. But what about you and your employees? Where do they come into the equation? I agree that customers are a top priority but the ability of your employees to take care of customers