How do you spell policy? R-E-S-P-E-C-T

When I was assigned to write about Policy Development and Support, I thought I’d drawn the short straw--the bottom of the barrel,“clearly-you-have-done-something-wrong-and-this-is-your-penance” topic. Why would you, brilliant reader, spend time reading a blog post on why policies and procedures are important? What is there to say on this topic that doesn’t initiate an eye roll, or send you clicking away to the next post?     

But after a bit of attitude adjustment, I realized something: policy is all about respect.