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What Can You Learn from Your New Year’s Resolutions?

28 December, 2011 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

The biggest obstacle…

To any new improvement programme is the phrase “Been there done that”

  • Been there done Lean
  • Been there done Voice of the Customer
  • Been there done 6 Sigma
  • Been there done Work Out
  • Been there done Business Process Management
  • Been there done Complexity Reduction

Self delusion

If I told you that I had

  • Been there done going to the gym
  • Been there done not drinking during the week
  • Been there done not smoking

You would say I was a quitter

And you would be right.

This years objectives

So, when you are setting your objectives (resolutions) for next year, instead of focusing on the next big thing, how about sticking with last year’s big thing, just making sure it works this time?  It would be a shame to throw away last years efforts

Wouldn’t it?

There is no one giant step that does it. It’s a lot of little steps ~ Peter A. Cohen

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Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: accountability, focus, objective setting, wasted intellect

About the Author

James Lawther
James Lawther

James Lawther is a middle-aged, middle manager.

To reach this highly elevated position he has worked in numerous industries, from supermarket retailing to tax collecting.  He has had several operational roles, including running the night shift in a frozen pea packing factory and carrying out operational research for a credit card company.

As you can see from his C.V. he has either a wealth of experience or is incapable of holding down a job.  If the latter is true this post isn’t worth a minute of your attention.

Unfortunately, the only way to find out is to read it and decide for yourself.

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