Adding Too Much Value? A problem for smart successful Leaders #AHRINC
May 21
In continuing on from problems that smart, successful people have, Marshall Goldmith talked about adding too much value as a leader recently at the AHRI National Convention.
He said “I’m young and smart and enthusiastic and I come to you with an idea. You think it’s a great idea. Rather than just saying ‘great idea’, our natural tendency is to say ‘That’s a nice idea, why don’t you add this to it’. The problem is the quality of the idea may go up 5%, my commitment to executing this idea may go down 50%.”
Interesting thought isn’t it? Many people often do this with their kids, but it is extremely common in the workplace with younger staff.
Marshall said a good thing David Ulrich has taught him is that the effectiveness of execution is a function of a) What is the quality of the idea? Multiplied by b) What is my commitment to make it work?
We get so wrapped up in trying to improve the quality a little bit, we may damage the commitment a lot.
Something to consider in the way that you mentor staff.
