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Ahoy Mates! Leadership Lessons from Successful Pirates by Robert G. Garrow
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Part II: Are you and your people performing to your very
best?
Energize Your Followers
“Leaders must see all followers as volunteers who have
to want to do their very best.” - Captain Bob
Captain Bob posed a question. “Hear me mates; if I walked
into yer business and talked to each of yer people, would they be
able to tell me the following:
• What business ye are in?
• Yer purpose as a business?
• Yer top three goals for this year?
• How important their personal jobs and performance are to
fulfilling yer company’s
purpose and meeting yer top three goals?
“If most of my pirates did not know how they contributed
to our success, I would not expect to see them working as if their
lives depended on it when we are chasing and capturing prizes. If
they did not know how they fit into the overall picture, we could
not repeatedly outmaneuver and outshoot the Spanish navy with its
conscripted sailors. Without the commitment of our men when we need
it, we would not survive long.
“Are ye with me? Ye need each team and each man, from top
to bottom of yer business to be a force in himself, taking responsibility
for helping to achieve yer goals. Ye start with corporate-wide objectives
and strategies developed by yer top managers. Then ye assign goals
to each of yer businesses or teams, and ye ask them to develop game
plans that fit within and are a part of yer organization’s
strategies and that will attain their assigned goals. Ye repeat
the process throughout the organization ‘til, even yer front-
line people are given goals to attain, and asked to develop plans
on how they will attain their assigned goals which in turn will
contribute to yer organization’s goals."
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