| Transforming
Organizations to Achieve Breakthrough Results
with the Value Advantage® | |
| Volume 5-9 |
September 18,
2007 | |
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 Personal
Note
Maya and I are enrolled in a Canine Good Citizen
(CGC) training class that meets once a week for 8 weeks.
She's supposed to be learning how to be a good, obedient dog
that can just hang out with me at the local Starbucks and get
petted a lot by folks who happen to walk by. In fact,
what's happening is that yours truly is learning a great deal
as I've shared with you.
What I learned this past week is that I
have to be deliberate in my actions with her. And
too, I must be consistent in what I do - if she does a
bonehead move, I will ALWAYS immediately (with split second
accuracy) tell her to sit and block her view of the other
dogs. When she calms down, she gets to look at the other
dogs if she remains calm.
There is no room for error on my part and no
hesitating. Deliberate.
Maya can pick up on this and take advantage of the situation
if I am not deliberate. Too, if I don't do the same
thing time after time, she also picks up on that and wonders
if her human Mom is paying attention.
Consistent. If I'm not
consistent, she quickly gets the idea (remember she's a German
Shepherd Dog and over the top in intelligence) and doesn't
give me what I want from her. The net result is that we
work well together in a symbiotic relationship built on trust
- but it all comes from my deliberate and consistent
actions.
How about you? Are you getting what you want from
work and life? Take a look at your deliberate and
consistent actions. Then call me and we'll talk about
what will make these two characteristics work for
you.
Marsha Lindquist
480-473-9977 | |
Big Boomer Exodus: How to Respond to the
Loss of Experienced Talent
According to the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics, in 2005, America's seventy-six million Baby
Boomers began to reach age sixty at a rate of one every seven
seconds. Thirty-five million Boomers will retire between 2000
and 2020, and in the decade after that, another twenty-three
million will join them. Just two years from now, workers ages
forty-five and older will comprise forty percent of the
workforce.
If you haven't already
noticed this trend in your own organization, get ready: a good
portion of your workforce will be leaving in the next two to
ten years, and they'll be taking their years of experience and
hard-earned talent with them. As a consequence, you're going
to have a hard time meeting your clients' needs, unless you
have a plan in place and operating
now.
While once workers over
age forty were tossed out or passed over for promotions,
that's much less prevalent now. Enlightened CEOs know now that
their experienced people's knowledge is a tremendously
valuable asset.
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Open
Lines of Communication
Communication is essential to the success and
productivity of a business. Consider the following story about
four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure
that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but
Nobody did it. Everybody got mad about this because it was
Somebody's job. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody asked
Anybody. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when
Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
Unfortunately, the real story is a lot less humorous
and costs businesses time, money, productivity and, in many
cases, jobs. The responsibility for opening the lines of
communication is up to all of us.
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| Marsha's Value
Advantage® Quick
Tip
Your foundation is your gift - In real
estate, you hear that only three things matter: location,
location and location. In business, there are also three
things that matter - core talents, core talents and core
talents. Your core talents are what you sell and you are only
as good as those gifts. They made you successful. Why
would you abandon those and try something new? When you
stray from marketing your core capabilities, you take energy
and focus away from the things you do best. Best is what your
customers deserve, so give it to
them! |
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