Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Principals vs Policies

[Sharon Villines (sharonvillines]

on 8/18/00 5:40 PM, Michael Donovan at editor [at] eventsnews.com wrote:

> PRODUCTIVITY PRINCIPLE #39
> 
> Prime your principles instead of policing your
> policies.
> 
> Rules tend to show up because principles are not
> clear or trusted. When you know people have
> bought into standards, you can give them freedom
> for decisions and behaviors. If you don't know
> the alignment exists, you must micro-manage with
> regulations, requiring much more energy in the
> long run.

Very very nice.

Sharon.