Fourth Quarter 2013-\u00a0 Issue 14<\/p>\n
At the End of the Day-\u00a0 “Focused Participation”<\/p>\n
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I recall a leader who had visited an operating facility and listened to the results that were shared with him in\u00a0a quarterly meeting.\u00a0 One particular result that made an impression on him was from a manager at the facility whose results had significantly improved.\u00a0 When the leader asked what drove these results, the manager replied that he began to focus on the situation and had simply gathered the relevant information, started looking at it, made it visible and shared it with his team and they all concluded this was not acceptable and developed a plan to address it.\u00a0 In other words, he focused and gained their participation.\u00a0 He went on to say they worked together to constantly see if their efforts were working and when they were not, they made the necessary adjustments.\u00a0 In this situation, the power of “focused participation” drove performance up exponentially.<\/p>\n
“Focused participation” can be summarized as follows:<\/p>\n
From this focused participation, a positive and inclusive work environment will lead to the following:<\/p>\n
Getting others to focus and concentrate in today’s technology, sound-bite-driven world is a management\/mission critical goal for today’s leaders.\u00a0 To focus, or give someone or something your undivided attention, is paramount to being engaged.\u00a0 When others see and feel the leader engaged in a positive way\u00a0(not\u00a0necessarily micromanaging), their participation levels rise.\u00a0 They become open to more and more possibilities and everyone wins.<\/p>\n
By the way, the leader, whose full attention<\/em> they had was me,\u00a0appreciated the efforts of the manager and his team at the operating facility and thanked them for a great job!<\/p>\n –Mario Flores<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mario Flores.\u00a0 All rights reserved.\u00a0 No part of these materials may be reproduced in any form without written consent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fourth Quarter 2013-\u00a0 Issue 14<\/p>\n At the End of the Day-\u00a0 “Focused Participation”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I recall a leader who had visited an operating facility and listened to the results that were shared with him in\u00a0a quarterly meeting.\u00a0 One particular result that made an impression on him was from a manager at the facility whose results had significantly improved.\u00a0 When [<\/p>\n