Commitment Setting for Growth and Innovation

“Organizations function best when committed people work in

cooperative relationships based on respect.”

Henry Mintzberg

The word commit have two meanings, and you should care about both.

responsibility: something that takes up time or energy, e.g. an obligation

loyalty: devotion or dedication, e.g. to a cause, person, or relationship

Strong commitments help ensure your work

aligns to your group and contributes towards the

company's success.

"Commitment becomes contagious when people

realize its immense benefits not only to the

organization but to themselves."Henry Mintzberg

Specific, Measurable, Achievable,

Results-based, and Time-specific

Commitments need to be:

Improve sales force

excellence, and implement a process to improve our

forecast accuracy

Is this a good commitment?

No. There are two commitments in one. You can do one without the other.

What about this one?

Train developers and RSPs

No. Developers and RSP are two completely different things.

Train Developers

Fine. But ut train in what?

Train Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio

Better. How many? When are you happy?

Train 225 Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio

What kind of training? Elevator pitch, or 2 week certification training?

1-Day training of 225 Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio

When?

1-Day training of 225 Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio, in Q1

Are we there yet

Yes, a great commitment.

But only if you are a training company……

More often your goal is something like this:

25 local applications in marketplace at launch, 50 in total for 2010

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can

change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

Margaret Mead