The Front Line Guide to Thinking Clearly

Thinking Clearly

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If you managers think about it, new ideas are about bet-

ter, faster, cheaper ways to do things, and this is what makes

it easier for you and the company’s other leaders to hit the

numbers. There might be a bit of lag time between an

employee’s suggestions and the payoff, but the better-faster-

cheaper result is what it’s all about, and it will come as long

as employees keep feeding you suggestions and seeing that

their thinking is appreciated.

So, manager, what’s it worth to you to be able to make

better decisions that can be realized on the bottom line you’re

measured against? To make decisions that will get your