Task I.Maximizing Commitment

Key Ingredients:

• Interdependent contract

• Inspiring visions

Critical Skills:

1. Mobilize people behind the values and vision

2. Empower people to control their work and life

3. Recognize individual and team contributions

We often hear organizations talk about people as the most valuable and valued asset, but we rarely see a consistent set of actions and initiatives that support those statements. In most organizations, that phrase is simply an empty slogan that causes more cynicism than commitment.

The unspoken contract between organizations and employees that once existed has been irrevocably breached. Downsizing, delayering, and restructuring within companies coupled with mergers and acquisitions between companies ...

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