Three Percent Better
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IMO something to shoot for, without having any true measurable way of gauging if it is achieved. It allows a Coach to call them out for a bad or good practice, depending on where he thinks their minds need to head, while always dangling the carrot of an achievable goal.
So basically it is a ploy.
So basically it is a ploy.
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They have a phrase for this sort of attempt at motivation in the workplace. Refers to the product of you'd find coming out of the back side of a male cow.
It AMAZES me how many people at my work buy into it. At first I thought they were just playing the game and pretending, but no. They are guzzlers of the Kool-Aid.
Its basically the same thing as looking for the "continuous improvement" that the management gurus talk about.
Kaizen, the Japanese practice of continuous improvement, can help you reach all your goals.
Continuous improvement will work if you do three things and stick to them. First, begin with a goal for 1% improvement, whatever that might mean in the process you're trying to improve. Second, decide how often you're going to work toward that goal and stick with the plan, whatever it is. You can keep your grand goal, if you have one, in the back of your mind, but don't focus on it. Focus on achieving that 1% improvement. Once you've solidly accomplished that, pick your next 1% goal and keep going.
Keep repeating this process, and you'll soon find you've accomplished major changes. I don't know where 3% comes from!
Continuous improvement will work if you do three things and stick to them. First, begin with a goal for 1% improvement, whatever that might mean in the process you're trying to improve. Second, decide how often you're going to work toward that goal and stick with the plan, whatever it is. You can keep your grand goal, if you have one, in the back of your mind, but don't focus on it. Focus on achieving that 1% improvement. Once you've solidly accomplished that, pick your next 1% goal and keep going.
Keep repeating this process, and you'll soon find you've accomplished major changes. I don't know where 3% comes from!
It's simply a way to be consistent in communication that the expectation is to get better every day.
There's no need to overthink it.
There's no need to overthink it.
It is similar to the thought behind the adage, "Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves." Continued focus on small details can bring big improvement.
I mean -
I don’t talk jargon everyday -
But my fte’s know I’m focused on process improvement - and if they deviate from a standard- they better have a good story for why .
It’s not the jargon that matters. There’s one blatant example of poor understanding of what the jargon means in this thread. That’s the kind of stuff that makes it funny when it finds its way into an eval. I’m actually mired in a complete shit show as you correctly guessed. My life is somewhat simple, though, and I’m geographically locked so I stay. I’ve interviewed but I can’t move so that’s always where it stops. I could tell some hilarious stories over beers. Like, it’s March and nobody has set any year end goals yet.
Meh annual goals and performance reviews are a waste of time .
Nobody is geographically locked
You make a choice every day to go to a job you hate
either make a choice to be happy and committed to your job - or vote with your feet
my wife and kid moved 500 miles 3.5 years ago to take a chance on my career .
It’s cool that they did. I don’t have that kind of buy in. Considering freelance work. We’ll see.
Start with a dialogue about geographic regions - and then start applying and interviewing in that area .
i interviewed for jobs I wasn’t interested in -and frankly wasn’t qualified for at the time - just to gauge markets (Richmond - Houston , etc )
Came to Pittsburgh has 3 interviews and had 3 job offers -
So we started the discussion about pluses and benefits .
We were in our house for 12 years , in the area for 14- and were pretty entrenched -
Until we decided to move
This is a great spring football post. My thought is he is using the theory of compounding interest to get his team halfway to where they need to be prior to the start of next season. The other half would be achievable in the summer sessions. 3% is easily achievable improvement per practice. If you compound that over the 15 practice sessions, you are around a 50% improvement from the start of spring. I won’t bore you with the formula, but you can use any compounding interest calculator and play with the numbers. It’s also the reason why you should start putting your retirement income away early in your career.
Before I retired, I found the best sales and leadership trainers that I could to help motivate me and my younger managers. Dave Anderson’s learn to Lead had 2 basic principles that stuck with me. His premise was that on a 10 scale, you cannot get someone to improve more than 2 steps. So if want a player to be an 8, you need to recruit a 6........
Secondly, and my favorite....”You can’t send a duck to eagle school”......
Secondly, and my favorite....”You can’t send a duck to eagle school”......
Maybe one of the beat writers could ask.I am sure they check out this website often.
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