"NEVER TRY TO TEACH A PIG TO DANCE. IT WASTES YOUR TIME AND ANNOYS THE PIG."

PEOPLE say this is the time of year to finalize your goals and mission to bring your team together once more. True, but something comes first - making sure you start with the right PEOPLE on your team! It is time to STOP trying to teach "PIGS TO DANCE".

"HE IS SIMPLY A BODY LOOKING FOR A SPINE TO RUN UP."
-Paul Keating

If you have people that fit the above quotations, now is the time to replace them, or you will soon be looking for a spine to run up yourself. The Holiday season is a difficult time to make key (and critical) personnel changes, but the season is now officially OVER.

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"SOME CAUSE HAPPINESS WHEREVER THEY GO; OTHERS, WHENEVER THEY GO."
-Oscar Wilde

An organization innately senses its weak points - where it needs oil added and when it is time for new parts. It knows, but it must wait on the driver to make the changes. Your job is to administer immediate maintenance to whatever part of the organization you drive.

"WHATEVER YOU ARE WILLING TO PUT UP WITH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL HAVE."

The people that depend on you - whether it is employees, family members, fellow church Deacons, school board members, or the other players on your softball team - KNOW - what you are willing to put up with. This results in either respect for you, or lack of same.

"HE HAD DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY."
- Walter Kerr

Among the very worst management decisions we often make is to allow someone that is almost adequate to remain in their position because we are afraid it will be hard to find a replacement for them. We get (conveniently) caught up in other matters and allow a situation to continue because it seems almost adequate. What does this say to everyone else? What does it say about us and what our standards are?

"IF YOU HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE, YOU CAN BE ABSOLUTELY SURE OF ONE THING....YOU HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE."

If a person's qualifications adorn their wall rather than breathe through every part of their performance in life - the qualifications are worthless. Don't cite diplomas as a reason to keep an underachiever on your team.

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