I learned the name for it from a co-worker. We were locked into a work situation with non-productive tenured employees and a boss who didn’t have a clue how to focus on what was truly important. She had taken a managerial course where she learned about Pareto’s Principle.

To make a long story short the boss got a promotion (a reward for incompetence), she got his former job and taught us how to use the principle. She was awesome.

After several non-productive staff members got lateral transfers and new employees came on board our section became the most productive section in the whole organization.

P.S. I can see that the stats on the blog that was depressing the hell out of me are still good although I haven’t been posting to it. So, it’s good to know someone is reading this blog because I’ve been feeling rather lonely.