Chapter 45. Get Rid of Superfluous Rules
“A self-reinforcing upward spiral: performance-stimulating, pride-stimulating performance.” | ||
| --Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School | ||
Ha, I can hear you thinking, “He’s shot himself in the foot now. Get rid of superfluous rules, ha, in a book of rules?” Yep, get rid of superfluous rules. Not my rules of course, not your rules of course. Their rules, obviously. Let people on your team know that you are on their side and will streamline any procedures to enhance efficiency. That means old baggage has to go.
In any workplace there will be a mountain of red tape, bureaucracy, old rules left in place from previous management regimes—get rid of them all. Question everything you and your team do ...
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