Turn a bolt, tighten a screw. Are you a tool? Are you the driven, or the Driver?
I hope that was an easy question to answer. If you feel like a tool, start thinking about how you differentiate yourself through insightful contributions or exceptional execution. (Your view here probably has a lot to do with finding yourself in a job versus a career - FYI).
Just found - a new tool from Jim Collins, the man behind Good to Great. A handy little pdf’d questionaire to take his book into your organization as a diagnostic tool. Dig in, talk it through, and start to drive changes.
Don’t be just another tool.
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Pencil or Swiss Army® knife? | More than a living // Apr 6, 2007 at 6:57 am
[…] Ruminating on Toby’s “Are you a tool?” caused me to start lollygagging down a different path of thought. Because, in many regards, we’re all tools. In some fashion or another. In some applications. And I’m not just saying that because I want to call Toby a “tool.” Although in the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that likely has something to do with it. […]
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