{"id":1696,"date":"2007-06-16T08:56:57","date_gmt":"2007-06-16T07:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/progmanager.wordpress.com\/2007\/06\/16\/the-essence-of-competitiveness\/"},"modified":"2007-06-16T08:56:57","modified_gmt":"2007-06-16T07:56:57","slug":"the-essence-of-competitiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2007\/06\/16\/the-essence-of-competitiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essence of Competitiveness?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important – and then get out of their way while they do it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Jack Welch – Retired CEO of General Electric<\/p>\n

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“The power of passion is liberated, and results achieved, when we help people to know that what they think and do is important – and then get out of their way while they do it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Mike Chitty<\/p>\n

People know ‘what they think and do is important’ when it contributes to their success – however they may define it.<\/p>\n

How much time do you spend as a manager working with people in your team understanding what matters to them and helping them to connect it with what ‘they think and do at work’?<\/p>\n

Great managers help their people to continually develop and refine this narrative – keeping the passion alive – and delivering great results.<\/p>\n

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To laugh often and much; <\/em><\/p>\n

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; <\/em><\/p>\n

To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; <\/em><\/p>\n

To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; <\/em><\/p>\n

To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; <\/em><\/p>\n

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n