Organizations function best when people work cooperatively based on respect. Strong commitments help ensure work aligns with an organization's success. Commitments should be specific, measurable, achievable, results-based, and time-bound. A good commitment provides a clear goal that can be measured, such as training a specific number of developers in a particular topic by a certain date.

1. “Organizations function best when committed people work in cooperative relationships based on respect.” Henry Mintzberg

3. The word commit have two meanings, and you should care about both.

4. responsibility: something that takes up time or energy, e.g. an obligation loyalty: devotion or dedication, e.g. to a cause, person, or relationship

5. Strong commitments help ensure your work aligns to your group and contributes towards the company's success.

6. "Commitment becomes contagious when people realize its immense benefits not only to the organization but to themselves." Henry Mintzberg

7. Commitments need to be: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Results-based, and Time-specific

8. Improve sales force excellence, and implement a process to improve our forecast accuracy Is this a good commitment?

9. No. There are two commitments in one. You can do one without the other.

10. What about this one?

11. Train developers and RSPs

12. No.Developers and RSP are two completely different things.

13. Train Developers

14. Fine. But ut train in what?

15. Train Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio

16. Better. How many? When are you happy?

17. Train 225 Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio

18. What kind of training? Elevator pitch, or 2 week certification training?

19. 1-Day training of 225 Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio

20. When?

21. 1-Day training of 225 Developers in Windows Mobile APIs and Visual Studio, in Q1

22. Are we there yet

23. Yes, a great commitment.

24. But only if you are a training company……

25. More often your goal is something like this:

26. 25 local applications in marketplace at launch, 50 in total for 2010

27. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead