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    "title": "On Being a Catalyst",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/05/13/on-being-a-catalyst/",
    "datePublished": "2005-05-13",
    "dateModified": "2022-05-03",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Lisa Haneberg has a great post today on being a catalyst within your organization. This struck home with me because I feel that the word catalyst describes a lot of…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
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```

# On Being a Catalyst

Lisa Haneberg has a great post today on [being a catalyst](https://web.archive.org/web/20050527022917/http://managementcraft.typepad.com/management_craft/2005/05/be_a_catalyst.html) within your organization.

This struck home with me because I feel that the word catalyst describes a lot of what I do. I like to try and draw as many threads together as I can, and then help move a project along by helping the truly talented people see how something can be improved, extended or created.

To many classically-trained managers, I appear to be someone who seems to do or produce very little. But what I am paid to do is absorb and process as much information as I can, synthesize new ideas from this input, and then help provide the spark to start, or be the catalyst to accelerate, projects both internally and externally.

I like this job. It suits my nature very well. And I am glad that Lisa has given me a word to describe it.