“It’s the abilities,
not the disabilities, that count.”
Two saying sum up the “spirit of an organization.” One is
the inscription on Andrew Carnegie’s tombstone:
Here lies a man
Who knew how to
enlist
In his service
Better men than
himself
The other slogan is of the drive to find jobs for the
physically handicapped: “It’s the abilities, not the disabilities, that count.” A good example was President Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s confidential adviser in World War II, Harry Hopkins. A dying, almost dead man for whom every step
was torment, he could only work a few hours every other day or so. This forced him to cut out everything but
truly vital matters. He did not lose
effectiveness thereby; on the contrary, he became as Churchill called him once,
“Lord Heart of the Matter” and accomplish more than anyone else in the wartime
Washington. Roosevelt broke every rule
in the book to enable the dying Harry Hopkins to make his unique contribution.
ACTION POINT: Figure out what each of your employees’ or
colleagues strengths are and develop these strengths to help people perform
better.
Quoted from The Daily Drucker, January 14 , Page 16
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