{"id":84,"date":"2007-06-26T07:43:30","date_gmt":"2007-06-26T06:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/progmanager.wordpress.com\/2007\/06\/26\/reasons-and-excuses-organisations-and-individuals\/"},"modified":"2007-06-26T07:43:30","modified_gmt":"2007-06-26T06:43:30","slug":"reasons-and-excuses-organisations-and-individuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2007\/06\/26\/reasons-and-excuses-organisations-and-individuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons and Excuses; Organisations and Individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seth Godin writes:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Most organizations need a <em>good reason<\/em> to do something new.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">All they need is a <em>flimsy<\/em> <em>excuse<\/em> to not do something for the first time.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">And they often need a <em>lawsuit<\/em> to stop doing something they&#8217;re used to.<\/p>\n<p> How does this translate to individual managers?  My guess would be pretty much the same.  Perhaps:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Most managers need a <em>good reason<\/em> to do something new.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">All they need is a <em>flimsy<\/em> <em>excuse<\/em> to not do something for the first time.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">And they often need an appraisal or a disciplinary to stop doing something they&#8217;re used to.<\/p>\n<p>What could you change about the way you manage that might have the largest impact on performance?<\/p>\n<p>What stops you?<\/p>\n<p>What would it take for you to make the change?<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some thoughts on Best City outcomes\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/05\/some-thoughts-on-best-city-outcomes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some thoughts on Best City outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/06\/12\/getting-to-grips-with-social-finance-free-training\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Making Progress Through Austerity\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/16\/making-progress-through-austerity\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Making Progress Through Austerity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Improving Employability&#8230;\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/15\/improving-employability\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Improving Employability&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"How Should We Recognise a Successful Economy?\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/11\/how-should-we-recognise-a-successful-economy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How Should We Recognise a Successful Economy?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seth Godin writes: Most organizations need a good reason to do something new. &nbsp; All they need is a flimsy excuse to not do something for the first time. &nbsp; And they often need a lawsuit to stop doing something they&#8217;re used to. How does this translate to individual managers? My guess would be pretty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[115,123,147,148],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-leadership","category-management","tag-leadership","tag-management","tag-performance-improvement","tag-performance-management","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}