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Dear friend, Welcome to The 7 Performance Drivers e-zine. I hope you like our new look! Besides looking good, I hope the tips and lessons here will be helpful to you as you work with people to get your job done. Let me give you a short explanation of The 7 Performance Drivers (The 7PDs). They are about power and authority. If you retain a lot of power, then others must have little. Two people can't both have a lot or else they will be at loggerheads with each other. Of course, if you don't use your power and neither do others, then things get stuck. Nothing happens. The 7 PDs solves this by being upfront about power and authority. If you have 80%, then I must have 20%. There are 7 such pairings and they are all based on the notion of a "driver" and a "passenger." Drivers do the doing. Passengers influence how they drive. Pretty simple. Happens every day, all the time. But often not very effectively. If things are late or done poorly, something's not right. If you don't clarify how much decision-making authority you include when you assign or delegate work, things can go terribly wrong. There are thousands of examples of this. Here's one. You assign the work to a newly hired person. They immediately notice that your way of doing things is different from their previous employer. They see flaws in your way and so want to fix them - ie. make your company like their old company! This is a recipe for conflict and dysfunction. The 7PDs clarifies how much power they have within the scope of their job. The best part is that the language is objective, rational and non-personal. That's the key. People take power and authority issues personally. It's an ego-thing that kills morale and commitment. Define power upfront with the 7PDs and you can work things out quickly and comfortably. Hiring and firing is expensive, so why not do it right? You can learn more by following me at www.twitter.com/The7PDs. I like Twitter because when it comes to dealing with people problems, we can all use a nudge in the right direction, every day. Check out the book, The 7 Performance Drivers, and the support programs with it. To subscribe to these leadership tips, click here. sincerely,
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