The Fred Factor
Autor Mark Sanbornen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 apr 2005
Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Mark Sanborn reușește să extragă lecții profunde de viață din interacțiunile cele mai simple. În The Fred Factor, autorul nu oferă o teorie abstractă despre management, ci ne prezintă o abordare practică a excelenței prin prisma unui personaj real: Fred, un poștaș care își tratează ruta zilnică nu ca pe o corvoadă, ci ca pe o scenă pentru generozitate și profesionalism. Găsim în această carte o demonstrație clară a faptului că nicio activitate nu este prea măruntă pentru a nu fi executată cu pasiune.
Considerăm că forța acestui text rezidă în cele patru principii fundamentale pe care Sanborn le detaliază pentru a ne ajuta să injectăm energie și creativitate în rutina proprie. Ca și The Janitor, volumul pune accent pe înțelepciunea găsită în roluri profesionale adesea subestimate, dar cu un stil propriu de narare a succesului, axat pe ideea că oricine poate deveni un „Fred” în propria organizație. Această lucrare se înscrie în linia preocupărilor autorului de a democratiza noțiunea de leadership, fiind strâns legată de You Don't Need a Title to be a Leader, unde Sanborn explorează cum influența personală contează mai mult decât poziția ierarhică.
Lectura se desfășoară într-un ritm alert, fiind o parabolă a succesului care înlocuiește jargonul corporatist cu povești umane autentice. Este o invitație de a reinventa valoarea pe care o oferim celor din jur fără a necesita bugete suplimentare, ci doar o schimbare de perspectivă asupra serviciului și a relațiilor interpersonale.
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ISBN-10: 184413816X
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 129 x 199 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.12 kg
Editura: Vintage Publishing
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
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De ce să citești această carte
Pentru oricine simte că rutina profesională a devenit monotonă, The Fred Factor oferă scânteia necesară pentru a redescoperi entuziasmul. Cititorul câștigă o strategie concretă de a transforma sarcinile obișnuite în contribuții extraordinare. Este o lectură esențială pentru cei care vor să construiască relații solide și să aducă valoare reală în viața celor din jur, demonstrând că atitudinea personală este cel mai puternic instrument de succes.
Despre autor
Mark Sanborn este un orator motivațional de renume internațional și un expert în leadership, cunoscut pentru capacitatea sa de a transforma observațiile cotidiene în strategii de dezvoltare personală. Pe lângă succesul răsunător cu The Fred Factor, care a generat și continuarea Fred 2.0, Sanborn a explorat teme diverse, de la eficiența personală în Time Management Secrets the Rich Won't Tell You, până la abordări pragmatice ale stilului de viață în I Left My Thighs in San Francisco. Opera sa se concentrează constant pe ideea că excelența este o alegere accesibilă oricui, indiferent de titlul profesional.
Notă biografică
Mark Sanborn is President of Sanborn and Associates, Inc. an idea studio for leadership. He has researched the qualities for leadership for over thirty years and has given seminars around the world to Fortune 500 companies, universities, associations and churches.
Descriere
Mark Sanborn met his postman, Fred, just after he moved to Denver. Fred knocked on his door, introduced himself and welcomed him to the neighbourhood. He also asked Sanborn about himself and how he wanted his mail handled while he was away.
Needless to say, Sanborn was shocked. He asked Fred more about his job and how he approached it. Fred's answers inspired him to develop motivational seminars promoting Fred's attitude and approach to life.
To embody the Fred philosophy is to realise and practise that:--Everyone can make a difference--Success is built on good relationships--You must continually create value for others and it doesn't have to cost anything--You can reinvent yourself whenever you want. In this succinct and inspiring guide, Sanborn shows us how we can all truly make a difference everyday and become a 'Fred', as well as how to recognise, reward and attract Freds into our lives.
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The First Fred
Make each day your masterpiece.
--Joshua Wooden, father of John Wooden
I first met a "Fred" just after purchasing what I called a "new" old house. Built in 1928, the house was the first I'd owned and was located in a beautiful tree-lined area of Denver called Washington Park. Just days after I moved in, I heard a knock on my front door. When I opened it I saw a mailman standing on my porch.
"Good morning, Mr. Sanborn!" he said cheerfully. "My name is Fred, and I'm your postal carrier. I just stopped by to introduce myself--to welcome you to the neighborhood and find out a little bit about you and what you do for a living."
Fred was an ordinary-looking fellow of average height and build with a small mustache. While his physical appearance didn't convey anything out of the ordinary, his sincerity and warmth were noticeable immediately.
I was a bit startled. Like most of us, I had been receiving mail for years, but I had never had this kind of personal encounter with my postal carrier. I was impressed--nice touch.
"I'm a professional speaker. I don't have a real job," I replied jokingly.
"If you're a professional speaker, you must travel a lot," said Fred.
"Yes, I do. I travel anywhere from 160 to 200 days a year."
Nodding, Fred went on. "Well, if you'll just give me a copy of your schedule, I'll hold your mail and bundle it. I'll only deliver it on the days that you are at home to receive it."
I was amazed by Fred's conscientious offer, but I told him that such extra effort probably wasn't necessary. "Why don't you just leave the mail in the box on the side of the house?" I suggested. "I'll pick it up when I come back into town."
Fred frowned and shook his head. "Mr. Sanborn, burglars often watch for mail building up in a box. That tells them you're out of town. You might become the victim of a break-in." Fred was more worried about my mail than I was! But it made sense; he was the postal professional.
"Here's what I suggest, Mr. Sanborn," Fred continued. "I'll put mail in your box as long as I can get it to close. That way nobody will know you're gone. Whatever doesn't fit in the box, I'll put between the screen door and the front door. Nobody will see it there. And if that area becomes too full of mail, I'll just hold the rest of it for you until you come back into town."
At this point I started to wonder: Does this guy really work for the U.S. Postal Service? Maybe this neighborhood had its own private mail-delivery system. Still, because Fred's suggestions sounded like a terrific plan, I agreed to them.
Two weeks later I returned home from a trip. As I put the key in my-front door lock, I noticed my doormat was missing. Were thieves actually stealing doormats in Denver? Then I saw the mat in a corner of the porch, concealing something. I lifted the mat and found a note from--who else?--Fred! Reading his message, I learned what had happened. While I was gone, a different delivery service had misdelivered a package sent to me. The box had been left on somebody else's porch, five doors down the street. Noticing my box on the wrong porch, Fred had picked it up, carried it to my house, attached his note, and then tried to make the package less noticeable by placing it under the doormat.
Not only was Fred delivering the mail, he was now picking up the slack for UPS!
His actions made a huge impression on me. As a professional speaker, I am particularly adept at finding and pointing out what's "wrong" with customer service and business in general. Finding examples of what's "right" or even praiseworthy is much harder. Yet here was my postman, Fred, a gold-plated example of what personalized service looks like and a role model for anyone who wants to make a difference in his or her work.
I started using my experiences with Fred as illustrations in speeches and seminars that I presented across the United States. Everyone wanted to hear about Fred. Listeners in my audiences were enthralled, whether they worked in the service industry, at a manufacturing company, in high-tech, or in health care.
Back home in Denver, I occasionally had a chance to share with Fred how his work was inspiring others. I told him one story about a discouraged employee who received no recognition from her employers. She wrote to tell me that Fred's example had inspired her to "keep on keeping on" and continue doing what she knew in her heart was the right thing to do, regardless of recognition or reward.
I related to Fred the confession of a manager who had pulled me aside after one speech to tell me he never realized that his career goal all along was to be "a Fred." He believed that excellence and quality should be the goals of every person in any business or profession.
I was delighted to tell my postman that several companies had created a Fred Award to present to employees who demonstrated his trademark spirit of service, innovation, and commitment.
And one fan of Fred once sent him a box of homemade cookies in care of my address!
On the first Christmas after Fred became my postman, I wanted to thank him more formally for his exceptional service. I left a small gift in the mailbox for him. The next day I found an unusual letter in my box. The envelope had a stamp on it, but it wasn't canceled. That's when I noticed the return address; the letter was from Fred the Postman.
Fred knew it would be illegal to put an unpostmarked letter in the box, so even though he personally carried it from his house to my house, he had done the right thing by placing a stamp on the letter.
I opened the letter, which said in part, "Dear Mr. Sanborn, Thank you for remembering me at Christmas. I am flattered you talk about me in your speeches and seminars, and I hope I can continue to provide exceptional service. Sincerely, Fred the Postman."
Over the next ten years, I received consistently remarkable service from Fred. I could always tell which days he wasn't working my street by the way the mail was jammed into my box. When Fred was on the job, all items were neatly bundled.
But there was more. Fred also took a personal interest in me. One day while I was mowing the front lawn, a vehicle slowed in the street. The window went down and a familiar voice yelled, "Hello, Mr. Sanborn! How was your trip?"
It was Fred, off duty, driving around the neighborhood.
After observing his exemplary attitude and actions, I concluded that Fred--and the way he did his job--provides a perfect metaphor for high individual achievement and excellence in the twenty-first century. Fred--and the countless other Freds I've met, observed, or been served by in numerous professions--inspired me to write The Fred Factor. It contains the simple yet profound lessons all the Freds around the world have taught me.
Anyone can be a Fred! That includes you! The result will not just be extraordinary effort and success in your work. You'll find yourself living an extraordinary life as well.
Recenzii
--Brian Tracy, author of Focal Point and Goals: How to Get Everything You Want—Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible