Rick Baker Thought Posts
Left Menu Space Holder

About the author

Name of author Rick Baker, P.Eng.

E-mail me Send mail
Follow me LinkedIn Twitter

Search

Calendar

<<  November 2024  >>
MoTuWeThFrSaSu
28293031123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
2526272829301
2345678

View posts in large calendar

Recent Comments

Comment RSS

Thought Tweet #869

by Rick Baker
On Nov 14, 2013

Thought Tweet #869 Successful people have more time & you're too busy. Where's all this leading?

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Successful people have more time. Do you believe that? Have you checked it out? Have you studied successful people?

Are you too busy to study successful people?

 

Tags:

I'm too busy! - I don't have time! | Thought Tweets

Delegation: The Decision-Making Engine of Business

by Rick Baker
On Nov 13, 2013

Delegation is the decision-making engine of business.

The Delegation engine is fuelled by Influence.

Influence is built on a track record of releasing control and growing trust...all laced together, consistently, with Vision, Values, Rules, Goals, & Measures...all making best use of Talents & Strengths...and, together, learning lessons from errors made along the road to Success.

 

 

And the key to successful Delegation: make Decisions around How you will go about Releasing Control and How you will go about Growing Trust. For most people and most businesses, these things do not just happen naturally. They only happen after a great deal of forethought, self-analysis, and good planning. 

Practice the 80% Rule: If someone else can do the Task 80% as well as you can do it then Delegate.

And remember...

Constructive Criticism is an Oxymoron...so choose to celebrate lessons learned from failures rather than criticizing others' errors.

Thought Tweet #868

by Rick Baker
On Nov 13, 2013

Thought Tweet #868 You ever notice nobody ever walks up and asks you, "What do we want?"

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

People ask us, "What do you want?"

They do that when they are seeking the common ground, "What do we want?", "What are our shared wants?"

But, they never ask the simple question...they only know how to go about it the hard way.

Tags:

Questions?: The Art of Asking Good Questions | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #867

by Rick Baker
On Nov 12, 2013

Thought Tweet #867 Work at exhausting your Talents: the more you use them the harder it will be.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

We struggle when we don't use our Talents...and many of us accept that struggling lot in life.

Yet, few of us struggle to use up our Talents.

That's unfortunate.

Tags:

STRENGTHS: People-Focused for Success | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #866

by Rick Baker
On Nov 11, 2013

Thought Tweet #866 The only reason you are not a donkey is that your mother and father were not donkeys.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

  1. "The only reason you are not a rattlesnake is that your mother and father were not rattlesnakes." Dale Carnegie, 'How to Win Friends and Influence People', (1939 - Toronto publication)
  2. Don't judge too harshly. Don't judge too quickly. Don't judge.
  3. ...in search of political correctness...Sure hope no donkeys are reading this.

Thought Tweet #865.5

by Rick Baker
On Nov 8, 2013

Thought Tweet #865.5 Some people view succession planning as the last big step rather than a design/build process. 

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Succession Planning should be treated as a most-elite process: capturing the leader's Values, Vision, & Goals and enveloping business planning & other business activity. 

Tags:

Succession | Thought Tweets

Copyright © 2012. W.F.C (Rick) Baker. All Rights Reserved.