Comments on: The Contract http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/03/the-contract-2/ It's not a lesson in learning to be nice to people. Management is about leverage and impact. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:19:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Manuel Bollue http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/03/the-contract-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26495 Manuel Bollue Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:09:05 +0000 http://www.managementblog.org/?p=942#comment-26495 'The best' is relative. How to align it: see what your (internal) clients needs. Do your best is then: work as efficiently as possible to give the client a little more than he needs. 'The best' can be misleading. "Sometimes people settle for a downgrade," I heard a local guru once say. It's all about knowing the priorities of whom you work for and levelling your work efforts in that direction. So, the more you know these priorities, the less hungry you'll get I guess ;-) 'The best' is relative. How to align it: see what your (internal) clients needs. Do your best is then: work as efficiently as possible to give the client a little more than he needs.

'The best' can be misleading. "Sometimes people settle for a downgrade," I heard a local guru once say.
It's all about knowing the priorities of whom you work for and levelling your work efforts in that direction.

So, the more you know these priorities, the less hungry you'll get I guess ;-)

]]> By: kurt http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/03/the-contract-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26237 kurt Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:34:34 +0000 http://www.managementblog.org/?p=942#comment-26237 Tom, you keep me a bit hungry.(but that's the whole point of the blog, right ;-)) I think we all agree that employees should do their very best all day. But how do we measure/allign this according towards our companies deliverables? How do we translate the "best" towards real life results? The aswer is probably: 'Be patient my boy, the hour is near...' ;-)) Tom, you keep me a bit hungry.(but that's the whole point of the blog, right ;-) ) I think we all agree that employees should do their very best all day. But how do we measure/allign this according towards our companies deliverables? How do we translate the "best" towards real life results?

The aswer is probably: 'Be patient my boy, the hour is near...' ;-) )

]]> By: Greg http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/03/the-contract-2/comment-page-1/#comment-24834 Greg Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:07:21 +0000 http://www.managementblog.org/?p=942#comment-24834 Tom, OMGoodness!!! Just when I think this story is done and I have learned all I can, it keeps going. This has been the finest example of education/reminder of what we need to be doing. Thanks for taking the time to post these. Greg Geller Tom,
OMGoodness!!! Just when I think this story is done and I have learned all I can, it keeps going. This has been the finest example of education/reminder of what we need to be doing. Thanks for taking the time to post these.
Greg Geller

]]> By: Bill Kent http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/09/03/the-contract-2/comment-page-1/#comment-24759 Bill Kent Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:25:27 +0000 http://www.managementblog.org/?p=942#comment-24759 Asking employees to "do their best" everyday, in every single way, is all that you can reasonably ask of anyone. the other part of the issue is management responsibility to make sure they have the right players on the bus, the wrong players off the bus, and have those right players in the right seats on the bus! bk Asking employees to "do their best" everyday, in every single way, is all that you can reasonably ask of anyone. the other part of the issue is management responsibility to make sure they have the right players on the bus, the wrong players off the bus, and have those right players in the right seats on the bus!
bk

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