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Things That Almost Never Work
- The counteroffer
- Teams where everyone agrees
- Having no social media policy
- Fixing problems with the same level of thinking that created them
- Policies etched in stone
- Waiting
- Rear-wheel drive cars and Cleveland winters
- The employee of the month parking space
- Paying someone more because they are unhappy
- Paying everyone equally
- Paternalism
- Promoting someone whose values don’t align with the organization
- Neglecting to teach employees the details of our business
- Deciding to contribute to your 401(k) later
- Blind dates arranged by your parents
- Ignoring conflict
- Hope-based strategies
- Legislating fun
- Never taking a chance
- Silos
- Breaking down silos with top-down initiatives
- Top-down initiatives without bottom-up influence
- Disallowing bottom-up influence
- Free-loading relatives
- Accountability without authority
- Empowerment without support
- Delegation without clarity
Yet we do these, sometimes over and over again, thinking the results will be different the next time. Experience is a great teacher. Maybe we just have to pay more attention while we’re in the classroom.