An article by Carlo Scodanibbio http://www.scodanibbio.com Entrepreneurs, Managers, wouldn't you like your people to be: responsible - accountable - serious - efficient - dedicated to their work - cost-conscious - committed to quality - actively participating in improving your business processes... in a nutshell: wouldn't you like your people to "perform"? Yes, you surely would. Every manager worth the title, at any level, would very much like to have collaborators acting, thinking and performing well, a sort of "replica" of himself or herself... However, in spite of such basic aim, very few managers succeed in the purpose. Actually, the majority of managers believes that getting "performing" people is almost impossible. The majority of managers, when something goes wrong, still uses the universally recognised excuse "...with 'these' people, what do you expect?.....". Rather tragic. And yet, it is possible to have or create fully performing industrial people! BUT: there are just a few 'conditions' to be respected and something else to be understood...... To continue reading and/or free-download this article and all "Lean" articles written by Carlo Scodanibbio go to http://www.scodanibbio.com/site/articles.html#tei