October 14, 2008

Catalyst part 1

One of my favorite parts of Catalyst was Dave Ramsey's talk.
You would have thought with all the economy crap going on he would have talked money....but nope.
It was all about how he manages his staff and how important unity is.

He gave 5 enemies of unity (which were BRILLIANT)
1) Poor Communication (the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing)
2) Gossip (a negative is discussed with anyone who can't help solve the problem)
3) unresolved disagreements (when the leader avoids the conflicts taking place within the team)
4) Lack of shared purpose (when the leader doesn't restate the goal or vision)
5) Sanction incompetence (it demoralizes the team when someone on the team gets away with something and a leader won't take action)

He was incredible. My favorite part was when he was talking about gossip. He has a zero tolerance policy on gossip and will fire someone on the spot for it. He said it's enforced so strongly that people are scared to even be in the room where someone else is gossiping.
So awesome.

1 comment:

Alyssa said...

i hope i make the cut