We tend to think of consequences with respect to the short term – the immediate impact of our performance (positive or negative). That’s the easy part of defining specific consequences. But it still leaves a lot to the imagination.
As the circle of consequences below illustrates, we need to help employees see and understand the longer term, the downstream impact of their performances on team results, on the organization, on customers, on shareholders, and ultimately how that effects themselves.
A business that delivers reliable results is a sum of reliable teams, and reliable teams are the sum of reliable individuals. So, building reliable business results really starts with a leader coaching each team member to deliver reliable individual results. Leadership is an inside job. It starts inside with your personal leadership, traits like integrity, trust, competence, authenticity, all of which are aspects of personal reliability.
Winning leaders are accessible and authentic. That formula for leadership success has not changed in 25 years. Here are some current examples and steps you can take to step up your leadership game.
You have the power to change the world – the world of those on your team. Try one of these power-packed, three-word phrases that great leaders use.
Some people literally change the world, like Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Ben Franklin, and Steve Jobs.
Although it's an ambitious goal to change the world, you might underestimate your singular power to change the world of those around you. You don't have to be Oprah giving away new cars to positively change someone's world. You have that same power. You don't even have to do anything! You only have to say three simple words.
Try one of these three-word, power-packed statements to change someone's world today:
Need more time in your day? Use the PAR email method to save an hour per day.
With the large majority of today's communication transmitting through emails, more and more of my clients are attempting to bring structure to email communication.
Do you ever wonder if the words that come out of your mouth really matter? Is anyone really listening?
I had the opportunity to attend a luncheon which honored the Top 10% of my daughter’s high school. Before the event, I ran into one of our favorite teachers of all time, her 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Tina Dodson. Her presence was unusual since this was a high school event. As we caught up with each other, she shared that she had been invited as a guest of a senior, Collyn Robison.
Keeping focused is as easy as 1, 2, 3. Think in threes to simplify your plans, values, and metrics. Here are three questions to ask.
Keeping things simple helps your team stay focused.
This seems like it should be easy enough, but as billionaire investor Warren Buffett says, "There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult."
We do, in fact, live in a complex world of advancing technology, global competition, brand abundance, unprecedented variety of sales and distribution channels, and blossoming new work arrangements and organizational structures.
