Balancing Policies & Guidelines To Prompt Different Levels Of Engagement

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Most see policies and guidelines as bureaucratic inhibitors and constraints. However, used the right way, those same policies and guidelines free people to do their jobs by directing focus. They key is applying the right degrees of freedom to prompt compliance, contribution or commitment in different situations.

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