Blogchain: Org → Goal → Capabilities → Trust → Contracts

Contract. A contract, a mutually agreed understanding, is a powerful device for fostering responsibility among people in your organization. Contracts improve morale and commitment by asking for consideration, reflection, and agreement over acquiescence.

To establish a contract, share context (1-3), ask for input (4), then ask for commitment (5):

1. Here's what I think we face
2. Here's what I think we should do and why
3. Here's what we should keep our eye on
4. Now talk to me
5. Here's what I want you and your team to accomplish. Will you do it?

via Gary Klein in Sources of Power