Creating change with other people comes down to one thing – aligning incentives. And there’s no better way to align incentives than to give people ownership of their actions and decisions.
Consider how much more invested you become in an initiative when you’re able to influence the outcome on your own terms.
The key to giving ownership is to clearly outline the rewards if things go well and the penalties if things don’t go well. This way, everyone who wants more ownership knows what they’re signing up for and they will be more committed to an end result. Then it’s simply a matter of letting them create their own magic to make it happen.
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