Leadership Quote



By Michael Platt, CEO, Ad Venture Interactive | June 25, 2009

If five people share responsibility for a failure, how does that 100% get divided?  A true leader knows there is only one answer:

You - 100%
Person #2 - 100%
Person #3 - 100%
Person #4 - 100%
Person #5 - 100%

Each individual assuming 100% responsibility for the failure generates 100% effort to correct the problem and make it a success. Add it up and you get 5X the effort.  And by the way, less than 100% always seems to make it someone else's fault. Interesting how that works.
 

  • Michael Platt is a renowned leader and innovator in the career college sector. As founder of PlattForm Advertising and CEO of Ad Venture Interactive, he has guided the development of the trend-setting creative agency that offers lead generation and admissions support solutions for career schools. He has provided out-of-the-box marketing and advertising solutions for all types of learning institutions for nearly 20 years.