Thursday, January 8, 2009

Finding the Flowers Among the Weeds II

But how do you do that?

Of all the things that you can do, which are the four things that will really make a difference to your organization? Thinking back on that, the lesson on for me was that you just have to focus. There are so many things you can do, so you have to just focus on the three or four things that will make a difference.

But how do you do that? Well, those three or four things have to be very tightly aligned to what it is you’re trying to do as an organization. They have to be aligned to your business strategy. They have to be big things—things that, when employees look at them, they say, “I feel really excited about that; I feel really engaged in that.” I guess for me, the capacity to know what a weed is and what a flower is, is really one of the most important things I ever learned.

ACTION POINT: Focus on a handful of ideas that align with the business strategy in a way that employees can become excited and engaged.

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