Is Your Organization”Average?” Want to Know Why?

Morning Folks!!

I often complain about organizations having meeting after
meeting and making no decisions. What a waste of time, talent and energy.


General McChrystal, US Commander in Afghanistan, was
interviewed last week on 60 Minutes. He said something that caught my
attention. I played it over and over again.


“An average organization when someone asks when you want
something they pull out a
calendar, but in a good organization, they pull out their watch.”


I think you can easily take this one step further when we
talk about “Decision making”. Does your company use a Calendar or a Watch? Are
you average or are you good? These are very fair questions. This is the single
biggest threat to companies survival. I deal with it daily. Folks can make no
decisions. They need permission to do their jobs.


There is a leak in the boat
and instead of taking the chewing gum out of your mouth to plug up the leak
until it can be fixed properly, they need permission. They need permission from
their boss. They need permission from his boss. Then they need to have a
meeting about it. Then they have a second meeting. Then they finally submit it
to “Legal” who gives you 6 IDIOTIC reasons that somebody else has to use their
gum until the project can be bidded on.


Hellooooo??? Anyone see a sinking ship here??


Have a GREAT Day!

Rick Schwartz