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The can-doers fall into 2 categories. The first category is the can-do minimizer. No matter what you give this person to do, they get it done. Not only do they get it done, but they do so with the minimum amount of noise. with no regard for how dif cult the task, it becomes done. They do not moan or grouse, they just do what's expected of them. Then there are the can-do maximizers. They get the job finished, but they do so with a lot of noise. I had to work so diligently on this. I've been here since early this A. M. and I had to stay late last night. I got it done, but everybody made my job so hard for example. I think you get it. They get the job done also, but you definitely have to learn about it.
The can't-doers also fall into two cat- egories. There's the can't-do maximizer. They never get the task finished and it's always somebody else's fault. Then there's the can't-do minimizer. They're the most deadly. They can't get the task finished and they do not want you to grasp that they can not get it done. They're in way over their heads.
The best goal is to try to get your whole management team to become can-do minimizers. In real life that won't occur, but we will be able to try. At the least, you want to recognize the can-do minimizers, reward them, and do whatever is needed to retain them because they are useful. The can-do maximizers are a different situation. We can try and make them become minimizers, but in my experiences this is not easy to do. It is tough to change people's's way of seeing life. We need to keep these folk because they do get the task finished. We just have to find out how to handle them, not lose patience with them, and try and make them do their jobs with less noise. sometimes just showing them an article like this might work.
The can't-do maximizer, wishes to switch or leave. You've got to establish if they can't get the task finished or if they're they so programmed to complain, that they understand that if they do so loudly enough and long enough, they will not have to get the job done. The can't-do minimizer is fatal to your business and could put you into Chapter 11. They like to fly below the radar and go without detection. They can't get the job finished and never will be able to do so. The faster you replace them, the more well off you'll be.
There are certain things you need to be mindful of. Can-do minimizers have no patience for maximizers any kind. They will never get along with them because it's so in contrast to how they think. Maximizers will become fast buddies, and like birds of feather stick together. Can't-do minimizers have the ability if they're in the right position, to put you into Chapter 11. They sometimes think that they fooling everybody. People can be hybrids depending on the situation. Many people have a really dif cult time changing. Can-doers sadly have to discover how to address can't-doers. Everyone can learn to become a can-doer if they need to badly enough.
There are tools available to employers and folk given training to use these tools to work on all the above. Trust me, it would be an excellent investment.
