The Practitioner: Olympic effort required...
The Practitioner reflects on why that client rating system is still not set up, and ponders taking an Olympian's advice
The Practitioner reflects on why that client rating system is still not set up, and ponders taking an Olympian's advice
OK, SO I STILL haven’t got round to starting the ‘Client Rating System’ that I wrote about at the beginning of the month. Well, I guess that opening a new Excel file and entering in the headings constitutes ‘starting it’, but it doesn’t really feel like I’ve done anything worthwhile yet.
I’m currently sat on a train and as the houses whizz past I’m wondering exactly why it is that I’ve not made progress yet with it. Being someone that likes lists, I can see the following list form in my mind;
1. Is it because I’m too busy?
2. Is it because I don’t really think it will make any difference at all when completed?
3. Is it because I should be delegating it to someone else to do, but they are all too busy?
Probably a combination of all of the above I suspect, but as I write the list down I actually confirm to myself that it is definitely something that I want to do, something that I believe in, and something that I think will make a real difference.
Thoughts flood back of advice picked up at a seminar I went to a couple of years ago hosted by Chris Boardman where he talked about the challenges faced by the British Olympic Cycling team; they had too much to do and not enough time to do it in.
He talked about how they broke things down into small chunks; small manageable tasks every day that were divided amongst the team members. They set clear goals and deadlines and eventually after a short space of time had achieved something that no-one thought possible from the outset.
That’s it, I’ve definitely decided, I’m doing it!
By the time you read my next blog I will be well on the way to completing the client rating system.
Well, it will definitely be finished by the Olympics…
The Practitioner’s uncensored thoughts come from the coalface of a regional firm in the heart of England