As I contemplated what to share in my next blog post, something compelling happened; I was tagged. Yes, this is like the game we used to play as kids, and then played with our kids, etc…but with mental rather than physical energy.

This Tag is being “played” in Twitter, a social networking site bring short bites re: current thoughts, info and happenings. I was tagged via Twitter by Sharlyn Lauby at HR Bartender.

There’s something to learn from this! The addition of expectation of someone I like and respect helped me take that next step to action. And this simple game is a good display of collaboration. I’ll be sharing links to benefit others, tagging someone to do the same with a virtual handshake to promote an interest we share: helping people find the right fit w/work and perform at their best.

Was the action productive? My thoughts are mixed on that, just as they are mixed on social networking in general. Og Mandino in his 1970’s book “The Greatest Secret in the World” points to a disclosure by a great salesman, George Severance, who tracked his time and found, when looking back, that “If a business day is a social success, it has been a business failure.” Is this statement simply outdated? Tell me what you think about this! I’ll share my thoughts in the next post. For this post, let me finish up what I promised…

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Lori Leavitt Evans is a creator, builder and analyst. Her passion is to create environments that create the appropriate energy for the purpose.  This translates into business environments that are collaborative, innovative, nimble and value-focused.

For a professional/personal mix of sound-bites … follow via Twitter: @LoriLeavitEvans.

A musician and artist in her pre-career years, she started in interior design and architecture in college and ended up with two degrees with honors in economics and accounting. This was followed by two accounting certifications, CMA and CFM, then followed by an executive MBA from the Foster School of Business at University of Washington.

Lori rose within the business world, mostly in manufacturing, oil and healthcare, and including Tree Top, Pacific Coast Feather, Tosco and Aon. In December 2000, Lori launched Abrige Corp., to “connect people to business performance,” and focused first on helping organizations move more adeptly through complexities such as acquisitions, partner due diligence and privacy compliance.  In 2006 the C-Secure Systems division was created to “connect machines to business performance.”

Success for Lori is when her work helps people to “do the right things right.”  She brings her passion, and action-oriented methods, to life through speaking, consulting, coaching and technology.  She specializes in performance and risk management, and has worked with hundreds of leaders and their organizations.

The time for people doing the right things right is now.  Now more than ever people at all levels are distracted. Leaders are not getting the information they need to make sound decisions. People are not clear how they can add value, or if they even have a voice.

The Collaborative-Action blog was born to help drive this message, and actions that can be taken right now, to HR and Executive leaders.

Where do people fit into the business model? This may seem like an absurd question….

We have learned that business success depends on having the right mix of the four p’s - price, product, place and promotion.

Now that knowledge management is the key to 21st century business success, the fifth p - people - becomes critical.

HR is positioned to be a strategic director; one tasked with helping the rest of the organization weave people into management information systems.

What if ______________ (your organization) operate like:

• a symphony orchestra playing to a packed audience, enthralled by the gloriously harmonious,

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Welcome to Collaborative Action, a blog focused on performance of people at work. I’ll be sharing what I know, discover and can relate to you through others…about the “people” component of performance and risk management.

I encourage you to ASK questions, privately or publicly, and SHARE your knowledge with others. Sharing is encouraged through comments but also please contact me, at lori@abrige.com, should you be interested in a phone interview a blog post or other means to add value to this topic and this blog.

The Collaborative-Action blog is where you can participate in a discussion, take action and get results…related to people at work and their impact on the performance of the organization. While aimed at HR and management, I encourage others also to participate. This is, after all, the enterprise “you.” Truly all levels are at work, at will.

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