Get out of your office and experience first-hand what your clients, customers and partners experience every day. Learn and stay up to date with what your team does and look for opportunities to recognize greatness as well as consider better ways forward.
Work for your future self
Focus on establishing your major goals and accomplishments in life and reverse engineer the steps you need to take to be able to get there one day. In my opinion, happiness should be front and center, not accumulation of financial resources and things. Take the steps needed so that you will be proud of this period of your life and …
Circle of trust
Do you know who is in it (at the very core) and have you recently asked each of them individually to share what they truly think about you? It is important to go through this exercise at times in order to supplement your own self-awareness about your strengths and areas for improvement.
Protecting your team
How and when should you protect your team? The answer is almost always, always! Even when you collectively under-perform or fail, it is up to you to face those consequences and address any criticism publicly while resolving any challenges internally and privately. Furthermore, don’t allow anyone to badmouth your team publicly, especially if they haven’t had any common decency or …
Don’t do it all alone
Empower others to contribute and succeed. Share, delegate and scale your operations for growth, size and relevance. Don’t do everything alone, invite and welcome others to join you on this collective and collaborative journey towards growth, improvements and success.
Done is better than perfect
Done is better than perfect. We have all heard that over the years, but what I have come to realize with my own “quests for perfection” is that they were almost always nothing more than excuses. I didn’t have enough time; it wasn’t important enough; it’s difficult; it’s Friday, I’ll do it on Monday and the list goes on and …
Making decisions
Having options to choose from is a good “problem” to have. However, it is important not to spend too much time dwelling on options as some of them will go away with time. Do your due diligence and your research on each of the options; speak with your trusted circle of family and friends and then act. Take a shot, …
Do it already
When you read the title of this post, what came to mind? You don’t need to answer, but you know what you have been putting off for way too long. Just do it already, what are you waiting for, an invitation? Remember, that all the planning in the world without actually doing it doesn’t mean a thing. Doing beats planning, …
Don’t believe everything you hear
Don’t listen to noise. Everything around you has an opinion about most things and many will share those opinions freely whether they have been solicited or not. It is up to you not to allow those positive or negative words to change who you are and deter you from the path you have chosen to be on.
Random learning opportunities
Learn from everyone, expand your perspectives and listen to what those you work with have to say about your organizational leadership, culture, performance, product, services, outcomes…your present and your future. Invite folks to be truthful and share what they have observed along the way, both across the industry and your organization.