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Compliance vs. Initiative #2

It’s easier to manage, (control), compliance then initiative. Compliance is easy to teach – just follow the clear instruction. Our educational system is based on compliance. Initiative is more difficult to teach, but it can be inspired. The challenge is, in order to inspire, you must first be inspired. But it’s much easier to teach [...]

Compliance vs. Initiative #2 is a post from: Gregory Neil Associates

How would you feel?

Any time you think for yourself, your boss finds some way of letting you know that’s not really what you were hired for. Your efforts are rewarded when you follow the rules, and criticized when you get a creative urge to contribute to the company. You’re kept un-informed as to the long term plans and [...]

How would you feel? is a post from: Gregory Neil Associates

Compliance vs. Initiative

Initiative’s reward is the work itself. Compliance works only for the reward. Initiative thinks, then acts. Compliance acts, then (maybe) thinks, then regrets. Initiative creates plans and actions as needed. Compliance copies the actions of others. Initiative seeks to empower others. Compliance uses resources to protect his/her own position. Initiative risks committing and stands by [...]

Compliance vs. Initiative is a post from: Gregory Neil Associates

Where is your best ROI?

Andrew Carnegie expressed it very well when he said, “Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors. Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory.” Invitation to action: Think of the three employees you have who [...]

Where is your best ROI? is a post from: Gregory Neil Associates

Where is all the power?

There is ONLY one of you, and you have several to many employees. The question is how best to leverage your time, attention, and efforts. When you design your business culture to support people thinking for themselves, you harness forces beyond the ability to control, and beyond predictable outcomes. Sure, it’s scary, takes courage, some [...]

Where is all the power? is a post from: Gregory Neil Associates

System or People: Where are you having the biggest problem?

Do you invest in making better systems, or do you invest in making better people? Which one has the best ROI? Systems people say design the business so anyone can do it. Hire the cheapest person you can get. (McDonalds perfected this.) Now, you have a business model designed to compete on price. Works really [...]

System or People: Where are you having the biggest problem? is a post from: Gregory Neil Associates

The Daily Choice

Leaders challenge the status quo. Managers maintain the status quo. Leaders take risks. Managers do risk management. Leaders are motivated for the accomplishment and the community. Managers are motivated for the rewards. Leaders take action in the face of being very uncomfortable. Managers avoid uncomfortable situations. Leaders give voice to their convictions. Managers give voice [...]

The Daily Choice is a post from: Gregory Neil Associates

Breaking through…a very good habit to have

When you make a commitment to a certain goal, you set the stage for several things to happen. Failure and disappointment will typically show up first. Many people stop right there, finding it too painful to push beyond this. People in the “habit” of succeeding recognize and welcome that as merely the first step. And [...]

Breaking through…a very good habit to have is a post from: Gregory Neil Associates

I Believe…

There is nothing as powerful as the drive of the Human Spirit for Freedom. Greatness lives inherently in every one of us. Offering people the opportunity to think for themselves supports their dignity. People having a choice in the work they perform creates accountability. People working with peers and managers to solve problems and create [...]

I Believe… is a post from: Gregory Neil Associates

Initiative vs. Control and Compliance

What you want as an employer is for your employees to show initiative, think for them selves, and respond fast when needed for day-to-day challenges. But are you willing to “let go” of control so they can step out of their box? When they show a little extra effort, do you reward it or criticize [...]

Initiative vs. Control and Compliance is a post from: Gregory Neil Associates