taming

There is only one topic that periodical editors are asking me to write on for them at present:

“How do we get the best from our people/motivate our people when we really need them on fire like never before?”

Various articles are being penned at present and you’ll see them go up as clippings on the press page at www.jimlawless.com. I thought I should give you Blog followers an advance version of some of the main points though. I hope you find them interesting, certainly, but I have to confess to an ulterior motive – I’d like to create a debate and to hear your thoughts also. Let’s get a conversation going here. We can carry it over to Taming Tigers Facebook page if we need a forum environment – but let’s kick it off on here and see what happens.

My starting point on this is clarity. Clarity on five points:

Clarity about what it is that the organisation is trying to achieve -”A clear and vivid Picture of success”

Clarity about what the strategy is to get there – “A clear Roadmap to success”

Clarity about what the individual can do and is expected to do to contribute – “My clear Role in achieving success”

Clarity about the rewards for success and the consequences of failure – “My clear Responsibility for delivering success”

Clarity within the leadership about the task of creating and maintaining clarity. Visibly. Daily. The Day Job! – “The leader must learn to conduct, not play – and then conduct the same tune – every day, with everyone – to achieve clarity about… (start song again from “Picture of success” and repeat for the foreseeable future… ).

And for my money, and not everybody is agreeing with me on this out there, there is a sixth. Clarity about the reality of the organisation’s position. They may as well know that it is now or never if it truly is now or never.

It’s only my starting point, as I say. I’ll share more detail if there’s an appetite and you’ll see it in the articles. But come on people – what’s missing here? What are YOU doing right now?

I’ll send a copy of Taming Tigers to the best addition or alternative approach.

Rule 5 – the tools for taming Tigers are all around you. Let’s work together.