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Field Notes
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Contrary to what many team leaders believe, team member commitment is not binary. Team members aren’t “all in or out” as much as their commitment is relative. Understanding that commitment exists along a continuum is essential for creating more of it. When leaders engage in behaviors that move people along the ladder of commitment, they elevate the team’s focus on execution and performance.
Before we discuss the leadership behaviors that increase commitment in tomorrow’s Field Note, it is important to identify what kind of commitment leaders are aiming for. At its lowest level, commitment is really Compliance.
It should come as little surprise that those leaders with great relationship skills also tend to be highly interesting people. People pay more attention to, spend more time with, learn more easily from, bond more deeply with, and remember more fondly those they find more interesting.
When it comes to decision-making, a small option set typically results in inferior or lower-quality decisions. Studies show that leaders and decision-makers too often grab the first idea and then spend their energy justifying it. This dramatically increases the odds of failure.
