How to gain staff commitment

1. Viewpoint

"My favourite quotation is by Napoléon Bonaparte: ‘If you start to take Vienna - take Vienna.’

There’s a verb in that quote that shows the way. Not a lot of talk about the need to follow through on a commitment, or about the dangers of appearing indecisive, but a simple, pristine point…‘take Vienna’."

2. Smile & ponder

Perhaps there’s a message here for managers to ponder…

We’re told that the Biblically upward mobile Joseph, of the many-coloured coat fame, who later became an eminent administrator in ancient Egypt, eventually died leaning on his staff.

3. Quotable quote

"Planning begets confidence, confidence begets enthusiasm, enthusiasm conquers the world. And the world can be conquered by a committed staff." …