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Reagan’s 80% Rule

July 16, 2007

The image “http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/imagefolder/ronaldreagan.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.Ronald Reagan had a simple rule, ‘as long as he agreed with someone 80% of the time, he was solidly with them.’  Matt Blumberg reminds us of this rule and suggests,

…this 80% rule is very true in running a business as well.  You can’t expect your employees to agree with 100% of your decisions.  But your employees also realize that they will never agree with 100% of their company’s decisions.  At about the 80% rule, with enough transparency around decision-making to make the missing 20% at least seem rational, you have a winning formula. 

Once you find yourself disagreeing with someone 80% of the time, it might be time to make a change. 

Written by Alexander Muse · Filed Under Blog 

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