Already having trouble keeping those New Year's resolutions? Finding it easier to come up with great ideas than it is to actually implement them in the workplace? Or maybe you're a leader struggling to turn employee goals into true commitments. Here's a summary from a study by the American Society of Training and Development that might help you turn those resolutions, ideas, and goals into real success. The following list shows the likelihood of a person achieving a task under varying conditions:
Condition/Situation: Likelihood of Actually DOING It!
You HEAR a great idea 10%
You CONSCIOUSLY DECIDE to adopt the idea 25%
You decide WHEN you will do it 40%
You PLAN HOW you will do it 50%
You COMMIT to someone else to do it 65%
You create an ACCOUNTABILITY appointment with 95%
the person you committed to
So, perhaps that solves a few mysteries for some of us. Such as why it is that the workplace is so often a place where ideas go to die! | 
