If what you are doing is not working, Do Something Different

This is one of my favorite maxims and I widely used it while a previous group I managed underwent business transformation. I find that most people simply want to execute and when the execution is not achieving the needed goals, they want to simply execute more....harder.....faster.....with different tools.....

I encouraged my employees to take a hard look at how they were attempting to achieve the goals. 9 times out of 10, this simple maxim would cause them to look oddly at me and smile, then bend their back toward making their work processes better.