Thoughts on The Linchpin Way
February 24, 2010 in Business Development
My new friend and colleague Justin McCullough (@Leader4Hire on Twitter) has really been deeply moved by Seth Godin’s new book, Linchpin. So moved that he has been motivated to plant a seed for a movement that he describes here:
The Linchpin Way and the Linchpin 2.0 Manifesto
With your gift, your tools, your art and your generosity use the internet to communicate and spread the idea of the Linchpin. Now is the time to unite Linchpins into a network. A group, an organization, a club, whatever you want to call it. Seth can not be expected to do it for us. There is no road-map. The essence of being a Linchpin means that we can do it for others (as well as ourselves). Linchpinners with a Linchpin mindset will create an open network to facilitate The Linchpin Way. Seth has given us the tools and he has already given us the permission – it’s built into the Linchpin message. Now is the time to create The Linchpin Network.
Become the standard to measure against. Imagine a world where even performance reviews included a linchpin section along with communication skills, team work, and areas of improvement. Why not? Even better, why not have performance reviews go away entirely and only give Linchpin reviews? Shouldn’t we all strive to be measured against The Linchpin Standards, not the status quo standards?
The Linchpin Way at Work
There are a lot of things that we can do in our jobs to become Linchpins, and as Godin wrote, there is no map. But there are some signposts, and I think that McCullough hit upon a big one with “Imagine a world where even performance reviews included a linchpin section“. Indeed, imagine that world, that workplace. A business where people are encouraged and evaluated on their ability to create something remarkable within and beyond their own job descriptions!
Who wouldn’t want to work there?
I have a few more things to say about this subject but, I want to discuss them in the proper forum, so click over to The Linchpin Way community site and join in the discussion. Thanks!
