Friday, September 14, 2007

Getting "Buy-in"

Sometimes I hear people talk about getting "buy-in".

I believe "ownership" is much more powerful than "buy-in".

Ownership allows people the chance of creating something that they will own and ensure it succeeds.

Where possible give people the opportunity to "own" it.

4 comments:

Susan Plunkett said...

I've not heard of the term "buy in" before. Is it a term used by marketing people or..?

Susan Plunkett said...

Well, I have heard similar terms but they mean to purchase shares or part of a business.

Tony said...

The term "buy-in" is used to describe staff becoming engaged with a wokplace activity.

An example would be a manager who wanted staff to change a process. The manager would describe the rationale and outcomes in the hope of getting staff to "buy into" (or engage with) the new process.

Susan Plunkett said...

Oh, I know "to buy into" but I read that differently in your piece for some reason. Thanks.