In celebration of March Madness, we have selected a quote from Coach Dean Smith.
A longer version of the quote from Coach Smith: “If you make every game a life and death proposition, you’re going to have problems. For one thing, you’ll be dead a lot.”
Thought/Discussion Questions:
- Whatever the game…what problems can be caused by treating every situation or too many situations as life-and-death matters?
- What games (or situations) in your organization should be treated as life-and-death matters?
- How would your team members answer the question?
- What would be the value of you and them having the same answer?
- What actions will you take to get your answers synchronized?
Answer Key:
1. Possible problems (not a complete list)
- we (leaders) get too tired
- we get too stressed
- our team members get tired and stressed
- they may stop listening to us
- which means they are not engaged
- morale goes down
- productivity goes down
- overall performance goes down
2. This answer has to come from you.
3. You can take a guess at what they would say. We also suggest you ask them.
4. The value of you and them having the same answers – less of the problems listed in #1.
5. This is up to you. And them. If you need help, let me know. Meanwhile, for reinforcement, we invite you to print and/or post this quote on your computer screen as a reminder about life-and-death matters. See how-to’s below.
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A bite sized bit to boost morale, productivity and performance.
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Jan works with leaders to take charge, make things happen and inspire others to do the same.
Use the above quote as background or wallpaper for your computer with just three clicks.
1. Click on the image above.
2. Right click on the image that appears.
3. On the pull down menu that appears, click on “set as background”.
Voila! There’s still plenty of room on the left side of the screen for all your shortcut icons.
Note: If you don’t like your new wallpaper, don’t want to replace it with a quote from the Business Class Quote Library and don’t know how to get rid of it……
Go to your control panel. Select “Display”. Select “Desktop”. And then choose from the designs offered.”
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