{"id":1262,"date":"2020-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericaleeconsulting.com\/in-defense-of-sticklers\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T04:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T09:00:06","slug":"in-defense-of-sticklers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwardbusinessmechanics.com\/staging\/4922\/in-defense-of-sticklers\/","title":{"rendered":"In defense of sticklers"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Erica urges leaders not to roll their eyes at their employees who insist on doing things by the book.<\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Here’s to unsung heroes! (ok, very unsung…)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

They might seem like a pain in the butt — those people on your team that are always insisting on doing things *by the book*.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

They don’t seem to cave to peer pressure. They don’t cut corners. They insist on doing things the right way, no matter what the social cost.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Even though these people — I call them sticklers — don’t usually get a lot of appreciation for well, being sticklers, they play a vital role in your organization.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The truth is, and I am not exaggerating, they keep disaster from happening.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sticklers keep things happening exactly according to standard.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Without them, the gap between ‘the right way’ and the actual way that things get done tends to get wider and wider.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Once you have a culture of deviation from standard big things and little things start to go wrong — anything from a small waste of time and money to a major disaster. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

So try to appreciate your company’s sticklers! And listen to them. A culture of following the standards will pay dividends in the near and short term.<\/p>\r\n