January 15, 2009


    Dr. Marlene Caroselli is an internationally recognized author in the areas of communication and leadership growth with an outstanding list of nearly 50 books to her credit. After leaving the corporate world in 1984 she founded the Center for Professional Development where she began her consulting practice and added the title “author” to her list of professional achievements.

    Malcolm Gladwell books are quickly becoming events, the rare business texts that are anticipated by a growing throng of “Malcoholic” readers eager to see which crevasse he’ll enter and illuminate for our enlightenment and reading pleasure.

     

    Gladwell latest title, Outliers: The Story of Success  (Little, Brown & Co. 2008) takes a interesting look at “Outliers” defined by the author as the high achievers that fall outside of the common standard.  However rather than highlighting success stories with tales of the immensely talented or incredibly fortuitous among us Gladwell instead attempts to uncover sociological reasons to explain the why’s of success. 


    You are a successful manager.  You have invested in your team, and it has paid off in a positive working relationship.  So where does it go from here?  Can you maintain the praise and rewards that have gotten you to this point?  Praise and rewards work well for a limited time, but at some point the team dynamic has to develop, in order to keep inertia going.  So how do you make that transition?  Read on.

    Are you a Producer?  If you are reading the Performance Report, then you probably are.  Managers or executives have already proven that they are producers.  But if you are a producer who can delegate effectively, then your accomplishments far exceed your efforts, because those you foster will also be producers for you, exponentially increasing your output.