How many of us echo within ourselves “one step at a time” during our daily work?
One step at a time could be a powerful way for achieving results.
What exactly is the step? Answer to this can be approached with the following question.
Where is the employee's center of gravity? Where does it match the firm's needs? Building on just that important step is probably the key to achieving equilibrium. The rest can be taken care of with lower priority, later in the day/ week.
One can draw something like a co-ordinate axes / spline chart and have several points/ lines (solid, light, bright, broken lines) for each of the areas one is juggling with interdependencies to start with. Soon it can be found the cluster of true activity is happening more at one place and the other areas slowly fade away. They will eventually not take up one's time. He/ she will soon get rid /delegate them. True, effective work evolves from understanding this "one step". One can drive and not get driven with practice and patience.
Team work, outsourcing have added to the complexities of working for all levels in an organization. The value proposition of these approaches is enormous. However, many practical problems exist. If efforts are not taken up to resolve the day to day problems that arise due to people and processes, employees will be struggling to accomplish anything substantial and innovative.
Reference: The idea of spline chart and center of gravity is from CK Prahlad's “The New Age of Innovation” book.
Points to ponder:
Can strong, committed leaders be able to address these complexities by working with their employees at an individual level?
Does this mean that the employee wins consistently with the one step at a time “mantra”?
What could be the formula for winning/ achieving at work?
Can work inherently be meaningful and a game to play?
How is work/ life balance achieved?
Is "work" different from "job"?
One step at a time could be a powerful way for achieving results.
What exactly is the step? Answer to this can be approached with the following question.
Where is the employee's center of gravity? Where does it match the firm's needs? Building on just that important step is probably the key to achieving equilibrium. The rest can be taken care of with lower priority, later in the day/ week.
One can draw something like a co-ordinate axes / spline chart and have several points/ lines (solid, light, bright, broken lines) for each of the areas one is juggling with interdependencies to start with. Soon it can be found the cluster of true activity is happening more at one place and the other areas slowly fade away. They will eventually not take up one's time. He/ she will soon get rid /delegate them. True, effective work evolves from understanding this "one step". One can drive and not get driven with practice and patience.
Team work, outsourcing have added to the complexities of working for all levels in an organization. The value proposition of these approaches is enormous. However, many practical problems exist. If efforts are not taken up to resolve the day to day problems that arise due to people and processes, employees will be struggling to accomplish anything substantial and innovative.
Reference: The idea of spline chart and center of gravity is from CK Prahlad's “The New Age of Innovation” book.
Points to ponder:
Can strong, committed leaders be able to address these complexities by working with their employees at an individual level?
Does this mean that the employee wins consistently with the one step at a time “mantra”?
What could be the formula for winning/ achieving at work?
Can work inherently be meaningful and a game to play?
How is work/ life balance achieved?
Is "work" different from "job"?
