Introducing "Food for Thought" #23. The formula is simple: three short messages once a week to feed your mind.
Management
The 4 quadrants of excellence
In a recent interview on the Tim Ferriss Podcast, entrepreneur Danny Meyer shared the model he uses in his restaurants to evaluate his employees.
Quadrant 1: Can and will
- Have the skills and motivation.
- Those who inspire others to excel and are the pillars of the team you want to build on.
Quadrant 2: Can't but want to
- Don't have the skills, but have the motivation.
- The ones you really have to coach, but once you've done that, the rewards can be immense. Invest in them, train them, they're good for the culture.
Quadrant 3: Can but won't
- Have the skills, but not the motivation
- Those that are much better than their current performance would suggest. They'll never reach their full potential with their current habits, but it's not worth continuing to push them.
Quadrant 4: Can't and won't
- Have neither the skills nor the motivation.
- They're the bad apples that won't do the team any good. These individuals are detrimental to the yield and the crop.
Visit explanation from Danny Meyer to Tim Ferriss.
Leadership
Practising optimism
Optimism is a state of mind that can be strengthened like a muscle through training. How can you achieve it? When a negative situation arises, try to see it from a different angle - even a positive one, if possible!
Visit a book which explains the concept.
Teamwork
Complementarity in a team
"To build a strong team, you need to see someone else's quality as a complement to your weakness, not as a threat to your position or authority."
-Christine Caine
