Geared Up for Growth

AM: … There is a component of this that’s about all of us — staff, people who are working hard every day either in an agency or a nonprofit. Marc, what’s your thought on keeping our staffs where they need to be to be able to move the marble forward?

MP: I really love “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” — the seventh habit being sharpening the saw. [Author] Stephen Covey talks about two lumberjacks trying to cut trees. They’re in a contest. One of them kept stopping and sharpening his saw. The other one just sawed all day, and his saw got duller and duller and he had to work harder and harder and became less effective.