No Not, No Can't, No Won't and No Don't Attitude

No Not, No Can't,  No Won't and No Don't Attitude
From Odusina Adewale Hiworks
We must have a zero tolerance for not, won't, can't and don't with regards to Performance and Expectations.
There is a world of opportunities outside the box defined by such negativities.
Between where we Are and the goals or task at hand, set by self or by another, there will always be a box point.
The box is simply to allow for a point to retreat,refresh,reflect, rethink and refire.
However, most people retreat and return or resign to fate.
The box is meant to allows for a soft landing position between set goals or task and the expectations.
For example, if the task is to look for a document in an identified location, say, inside a closet, the closet will then be THE BOX.
An exceptional performer, will look 'IN THE BOX' which is one limited location and 'OUTSIDE THE BOX' which is Limitless and Boundless and the beautiful irony is that when we operate outside the box, even the box is included.
Hence, a document assumed to be in a closet, maybe on the closet,or the table by the closet, or in the second closet, or with the last person it was asigned to and the options go on and on and on.
Personalities with these attitude are always results oriented for most of their tasks and work with very minimal supervision. They also accrue to themselves strong Reliability Rating. We define Reliability at Hiworks as Responsibility + Ownership Motivation.
The critical expectation is that if you must go back without the document, you must be perceived and found to have exhausted all the options for finding that document.
If you  were given the task to submit a report by the next morning at 5pm, then your plan to succeed is as critical as your plan not to fail. However, the plan not to fail may imply staying overnight at the office where you are sure the generator will work overnight as against where you stay and there is an embargo on running Genset overnight.
This must be the attitude for all task to be attended in perspective.
We must have a result oriented approach to all our life goals and aspirations.
We must benchmark international BEST practices standards in every aspect of our life pursuit. This will  help stretch us to the acceptable limit and to appreciate the sacrifice  required to lead in our chosen Career and various life ambitions.
So No to Not, Can't, Won't and Don't.

No!!! To Baseless Sentiment in Business.

From Odusina Adewale Hiworks

Are you in that  Business for the Profit, PR or Philanthropy or Volunteering

I feel strongly that both parties to a business interest must have the same view of the expected outcome: The expected benefits of the business must be clear.

The client must appreciate the value proposition of the service provider.

It will not be fair when the provider is volunteering and the Client is relating as when it is for profit. There should  be room for price adjustment when the proposition changes from one to another

When it is a PR or Volunteering, it is expected that the offer is near market prices; offers are generally with no or marginal profit.

Volunteering and Pr business basically provide opportunity for new clients to appreciate the quality and timeliness of a new provider with limited risk.

Under, these strategies, a provider can adopt a Fix only option where the client buys all products or pays for all  expenditures (logistics, stationeries and such likes) and pays provider for installed items or pays a token for the intellectual inputs.

However, gravitation towards baseless Sentiment and zero value proposition precails when Client expects the service providers to  volunteer or do
PR after a satisfactory engagement.

That will not be fair to the business as value proposition is lost.

For a profitable business engagement, there must be due diligence activities around setting the right price, and timeline for the Client, base on the required clear expectations, the level of required competence, delivery time, and anticipated logistics.

The margin for overhead, discount  and profit must be clear.

Under volunteering and PR,  clauses for ease of disengagement must be clear to both parties before agreement are signed to cut down on losses  and avoid unnecessary  litigation.

The continuity of business is synonymous with sound business ethics and values.

However,  profitability is key to sustainability and Say no!!! when you have to.

November, 2015.

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