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This article is the thirty-third in a series about Change from Steve Roesler.
CBS radio newsman Charles Osgood is a favorite of mine.
On the Osgood File program, he tells the story of two ladies who lived in a convalescent center. Each had suffered an incapacitating stroke. Margaret's stroke restricted the use of her left side, while Ruth struggled with the use of her right side. Both of these women were accomplished pianists. Both had given up the hope of ever playing again.
The director of the center decided that there was a solution. So he sat them down side-by-side at a piano and gave them solo pieces to play together. They did.
The result: beautiful music, new friendship, and a sense of hope.
If you're making a business change, is there something that you are habitually (and, therefore, unconsciously) assigning to one person that can better be accomplished by the cooperative talents of two?
The results in business-speak: Better performance, increased collaboration, and a new future.
And as Joe Raasch suggests, this is truly a case of the right-hand knowing what the left hand is doing.
What do you think?
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