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On a 10-point scale, single digits won’t do

Sunday, September 23rd, 2012

Change CAN happen if just a few of your staff are on board. And cars can run on three cylinders—just don’t expect high performance.

Until an organization is filled with people who will pick up the hammer and ring the bell and commit to being a 10 on a zero to 10 scale, nothing great really happens.

No matter who you are, ask each and every member of your team to answer this direct question: On a scale of 1 to 10, how committed are you to a breakthrough? Most people will give an answer somewhere between 7 (“pretty committed”) and 10 (“committed out of my friggin’ mind”). A 7 from any member of your team might just as well be a 3 for all the good it will do you. Anything less than 10 gives that person a place to hide, an escape clause, permission to fail. “I wasn’t that committed anyway,” goes the tune.

And it just won’t do. (more…)