Comments on: Nobody Washes A Rental Car

By: James Shewmaker

James Shewmaker — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:54:13 +0000

Chris,

I added this article to the Cohesive Integrity reading list several days ago. Sorry about not posting a cross link sooner. The reading assignment is posted in the left hand column of http://cohesiveintegrity.com and the feed is available at http://feeds.feedburner.com/readingassignment

James Shewmaker

By: Chris Bailey

Chris Bailey — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:14:25 +0000

Tribeless and Rachel, welcome and thanks for adding to the conversation.

David, every time I rent a car, I remember the scene in Days of Thunder (sorry, bad Tom Cruise movie…who would believe him to be a NASCAR driver?) where they rent a couple of cars only to have a demolition race with them. But then, it adds more to the idea that we’d probably never do something like that to anything we own, even if it is insured.

By: 106 Miles to Chicago

106 Miles to Chicago — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:50:56 +0000

Washing Rental Cars

Chris Bailey gives a great analogy for taking ownership of anything you do, whether at work or home. Basically, no…

By: David Zinger

David Zinger — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:45:41 +0000

I love the title Chris. It resonates with all of us who have rented cars. It is such a good reminder of ownership of what we are doing at work and with our careers. Thank you for this post…now if I can just find my keys.

By: Phil Gerbyshak Challenges You to Make It Great!

Phil Gerbyshak Challenges You to Make It Great! — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 05:49:17 +0000

Leadership and Rental Cars

My buddy Chris Bailey over at The Alchemy of Soulful Work writes today about leadership and how nobody washes a rental car.Quoting Chris: As managers and executives…our employees will commit more fully to a project or task in which they feel they hav…

By: rachel

rachel — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:33:50 +0000

I accidentally melted a whole stick of butter on the back seat of a rental car and didn’t clean it up. I truly didn’t feel responsible, mainly because it was a Geo[nardo Di] Metr[i]o.

By: Evolving Excellence

Evolving Excellence — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 08:00:56 +0000

Carnival of Lean Leadership

The holidays have been a busy time for all of us, but bloggers kept on posting. Here we go again with some of our favorite lean and leadership posts. If there’s a blog we don’t know about, please let us

By: tribeless

tribeless — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 05:06:41 +0000

I like it, thanks for sharing it. It made me think of this one; The soldiers at Normandy didn’t storm the beaches for the combat pay.