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Master of Your Domain
Michael R. Wood is a Business Process Improvement & IT Strategist Independent Consultant. He is creator of the business process-improvement methodology called HELIX and founder of The Natural Intelligence Group, a strategy, process improvement and technology consulting company. He is also a CPA, has served as an Adjunct Professor in Pepperdine's Management MBA program, an Associate Professor at California Lutheran University, and on the boards of numerous professional organizations. Mr. Wood is a sought after presenter of HELIX workshops and seminars in both the U.S. and Europe.
Is there a place for mastery--the processes of perfecting our natural gifts and talents--in the workplace? Is the concept of mastery lost on organizations as they strive to cut costs, compete on margins, reduce FTEs and focus on next quarter’s numbers?
Perhaps if our organizations truly embraced quality and excellence, then developing “masters”--people who possess and deploy exceptional talents and skills on behalf of the organization’s pursuit of sustained growth and prosperity--would be imperative, a task of paramount importance.
Maybe integrating the idea of mastery into the daily work life of the organization would yield competitive advantages and defensible strategies built on grooming and growing exceptional people. Imagine an organization where people took such pride in their work, their vocation that the mere performance of the effort brought gratification and growth. What impact would this environment have on the dynamics of an organization’s success? I believe the impact would exceed every expectation.
So how can the concept of mastery be successfully deployed within an organization? The short answer is “With deliberate intent.” Seriously though, there are five basic steps to the process:
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Identify each employee’s natural talents and aptitudes
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Align employee …
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"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." - Chinese Proverb |