commitment setting for growth and innovation
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Commitment Setting: A leadership tool if you prefer committed and passionate employees over merely interested ones.TRANSCRIPT
“Organizations function best when committed people work in
cooperative relationships based on respect.”
Henry Mintzberg
The word commit have two meanings, and you should care about both.
responsibility: something that takes up time or energy, e.g. an obligation
loyalty: devotion or dedication, e.g. to a cause, person, or relationship
Strong commitments help ensure your work
aligns to your group and contributes towards the
company's success.
"Commitment becomes contagious when people
realize its immense benefits not only to the
organization but to themselves."Henry Mintzberg
Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Results-based, and Time-specific
Commitments need to be:
Improve sales force
excellence, and implement a process to improve our
forecast accuracy
Is this a good commitment?
No. There are two commitments in one. You can do one without the other.
What about this one?
Train developers and RSPs
No. Developers and RSP are two completely different things.
Train Developers
Fine. But ut train in what?
Train Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio
Better. How many? When are you happy?
Train 225 Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio
What kind of training? Elevator pitch, or 2 week certification training?
1-Day training of 225 Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio
When?
1-Day training of 225 Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio, in Q1
Are we there yet
Yes, a great commitment.
But only if you are a training company……
More often your goal is something like this:
25 local applications in marketplace at launch, 50 in total for 2010
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead