{"id":1939,"date":"2012-09-19T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2012-09-04T12:39:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T20:39:02","slug":"rules-of-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=1939","title":{"rendered":"Rules of the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Every time I go to another country, I\u2019m amazed at how tame driving in the US actually is.\u00a0 People here obey lane laws, there is a fairly strict code of right of way (even if half the drivers don\u2019t truly understand it), and for the most part people are patient.\u00a0 For those of you unbelievers, think about it this way: even though most of us roll through stops signs, if there is a 4 way stop, we\u2019ll wait our turn.\u00a0 Compare this to driving in other countries, whether in Thailand, India, Mexico, ah hell, let\u2019s throw Rome in there for kicks.\u00a0 Compared to the good \u2018ol US of A, it\u2019s utter mayhem out there.<\/p>\n

Take for example the simple act of staying in your own lane.\u00a0 In many countries, if you have 2 motorcycles or scooters hanging about, they are going to squeeze into the tightest spot possible.\u00a0 There is a good chance they are not going to stop at signs and lights, but just roll through if there is any opportunity at all.\u00a0 What ends up happening is the minor road anarchy that occurs means everyone is on the lookout, weaving, and dodging everyone else.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m absolutely convinced that a disciplined approach to driving actually yields not only more speed, but also less effort and increases in safety.\u00a0 If you stay in your lane, perhaps you can\u2019t squeeze 50 motor vehicles into a space the size of a dime, but you can be far less worried about what is going on around you.\u00a0 Therefore, the elimination of risking killing those around you means significantly less stress (effort), far fewer accidents that will cause a full stoppage, and of course, the overall speed of the road increases from 30 miles per hour to 60.<\/p>\n

The same goes for business process (y\u2019all knew this as coming).\u00a0 Mayhem causes stress, more risk for full stoppages, and actually slows things down. \u00a0Many of you will react with, \u201cBut we don\u2019t have mayhem in our organization, we\u2019re just not as disciplined.\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019m here to deliver the bad news \u2013 that\u2019s mayhem folks.<\/p>\n

My first ever manager after college used to tell me the same 2 things over and over again:<\/p>\n

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  1. There is right and there is wrong, and there is a lot less grey than we thing there is.<\/li>\n
  2. If it\u2019s really right, it\u2019s actually right 100% of the time without deviations.\u00a0 Stick to your guns.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ok, I might not be as sold on the idea that there is very little grey, but I certainly think we make exceptions far too often.\u00a0 We allow our business partners to sway our processes, to have one-off reports, to feel like we have to be at their full service, beck and call.\u00a0 We forget that the COE half seriously states that people are the most important asset in the organization.\u00a0 We allow for \u201cThe Business\u201d to make us feel that maximizing our processes around people and talent will get us that one huge sale.\u00a0 But we forget that enforcing the discipline of our HR practices will yield larger long term results than just that one sale.<\/p>\n

    Mayhem is bad.\u00a0 It one of those truths that is fundamental to our universe unless you are a physicist (when chaos is a cool thing).\u00a0 But being disciplined is hard \u2013 to do what we know to be right, not deviate, and grow our HR practices takes true leadership and purpose.<\/p>\n

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