CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Opportunities

MINE THEM

Ponder this: How opportunity-rich is your organization?

What does this say?

OPPORTUNITY ISNOWHERE

The optimists among you read, Opportunity is now here!

The pessimists see, Opportunity is nowhere.

Still others of you are pretty sure it says Opportunity I snow here (and we’d like to meet with you later).

While this exercise usually brings a chuckle, it also underscores the truth about your employees and their perceptions about what’s possible in your organization. Some scan the horizon and see absolutely no opportunities to learn or grow or be challenged. Others scan the same horizon and see an opportunity-rich environment. They envision possibility where others see nothing. What accounts for the difference? ...

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