The Power of 10
Half way through the year and time for our half year resolutions or the power of 10. Ten things you can do next week to make a difference.
1. Meet 10 new people in the organisation
2. Set a goal to achieve 10 things from your to do list
3. Set a target to reduce outstanding calls on the service desk by 10%
4. Grow your personal network by 10 people
5. Learn 10 things about the system you are weakest on.
6. Send out one ' how to' tip for users every week for the next 10 weeks
7. Find 10 cost savings
8. Generate 10 new ideas
9. Try and spend 10 minutes with each member of your team during the week
10. Spend 10 minutes a day sorting your desk and that mass of papers
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6 comments:
Peter this is great! So simple but really powerful. I will give them a try tomorrow...
How about bet you 10 bucks that in 10 hours time, all this would be forgotten! :)
Not trying to be rude here, but that's the reality of such '10' lists.
Faisal Khan
http://faisalkhan.com
Thats the half empty glass theory but if one or two are acted upon or they generate some ideas or thoughts then that would be an achievment.
I'm with Peter on this one, even a small change can make a big difference.
Even if you did one per week for the next 10 weeks, think of the potential benefits!
Faisal, I see your point but I bet you 10 lego art pictures (good post by the way) you've been in too many reorgs...
I believe the problem is not with these types of lists but that very few managers/team leaders are committed enough to follow through and lead by example i.e. start visibly doing them!
I've had only one manager in my entire career who ever took the time in team meetings to talk about books by Steven Covey and Richard Carlson.
In fact looking back on it now, I think it was from his efforts at encouraging self-development in his team (1997) that some personal growth seeds took root and I followed through on an IT career well watered by coaching.
If I had to pick 1 from Peter's lost I'd choose #1 - many tech people (me included) stay in the "digital huddle" and resist the networking opportunities such mini-goals can trigger. If I regret anything it is that I avoided spending more time on people rather in data centers or configuring Cisco kit lol!
Richard - I just followed you over from Simon's blog. Good list but being a procrastination warrior I'd probably change #2 to "Start a goal...". That's the killer for many people I've coached- taking their foot off the clutch.
regards
mark mcclure
tokyo
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