Proceed Until Apprehended!
The 2023 edition of The Florence Prescription is now available on Amazon. Among other updates, it includes a new chapter on why culture needs to complement psychological safety with emotional safety, plus a special dedication to Mark and Bonnie Barnes, cofounders of The DAISY Foundation. For quantity orders visit TheFlorenceChallenge.com.
Proceed Until Apprehended!
Proceed Until Apprehended! (including the exclamation point) are the most important 3 words in my book The Florence Prescription: From Accountability to Ownership. They capture the essential philosophy of a Culture of Ownership, but they can also be life-changing at a personal level as well (they have been for me and for many others). Here's what it means:
If something needs to be done, do it.
Call in a stained ceiling tile (the water leak that caused that stain could also cause a safety hazard).
Answer a call bell, even if it’s not your patient.
Confront a bully or stand up to support someone being bullied.
Call a timeout.
Submit your application to graduate school.
Start working on the book, painting, new business venture, or whatever else you’ve been putting off.
Volunteer for something.
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If you need help, ask for it.
?As for the pay raise, promotion, or transfer.
Ask for an introduction to someone you want to meet.
Find a freelancer to design the cover of your unwritten book.
Ask for the sale, ask for the donation, ask for advice.
If you are apprehended, plea bargain for a better solution.
The answer will always be yes if you ask the right question of the right person at the right time (Canfield and Hansen: The Aladdin Factor)
If you are apprehended, which of those three conditions do you need to change?
If the organization you want to work for ignores your online application, knock on the door.
If your law school application is rejected, show up at first-day registration with a suitcase (more on this later).
If your sales pitch is rejected, ask what it would take to change the answer to yes.
Retired Chief Human Resources Officer Estes Park Health
2 年Timeless! This book will always be relevant!!
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2 年Joe Tye you have no idea how much this helped me when you shared it with me for the first time. I speak to it often. Hope you are well friend!
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2 年"If something needs to be done, do it." What a profound statement, Joe Tye. Something so easy yet this is something that is so often not...well...done. If something needs done, don't push it off to the next person. If a patient needs attending to, then attend to them. If a co-worker needs help, help them. If culture change needs to happen, then do something about it. We need to stop waiting for someone ELSE to do something-to make change happen. We ARE that someone else. You are a rockstar, Joe!