Improve the Fulcrum by Laura Stack

Published: Thu, 12/26/13

Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done." -- Bruce Lee

Improve the Fulcrum

To take full advantage of workplace leverage, strive not only to strengthen yourself and your employees, but also to reposition or even replace your fulcrum. The fulcrum is the hinge or pivot a beam acts against to multiply the input force. It could be a handy rock, a log, or a seesaw pivot point. At work, a good fulcrum should be the right size, height, and position to work most effectively with your productivity machine.

So how do you make sure you're using the correct fulcrum to coax maximum leverage from your system?
 
1. Equip your team members with the right tools. Provide employees with laptops, software, smartphones, fast Internet-whatever it takes to maximize their productivity. In fact, let them provide their own tools if they want. If someone is willing to use their personal equipment or their own time for your benefit, you'd have to be crazy to say no.
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