Monthly Archives: February 2018

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Carefully consider what support and resources you need to improve results. There are a lot of low or no cost resources available online or at your local public library, that can help you think of ways to make things better for yourself and the team. Recognizing, rewarding, and supporting people in their pursuit of organizational goals is one of the most important parts of your job. Make sure that people understand how what they do contributes to the overall accomplishment of the mission. Make sure that everyone feels valued, respected, and included. When you take care of the people, the product, and the process, the daily deliverables will take care of themselves.

Next week we’ll begin taking a look at mission evolution. Until then, I’m in your corner as you search out brilliant resources to help you and your team achieve outstanding results!

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Each day, think about how you can make your team’s life operationally easier, both in real time and over the long haul. This is one of the best problem prevention strategies you can use. When people’s stress level is minimized and their productivity maximized, they will be free to give their very best to the organization. Be a change agent, and fine tune what you are doing until you have a smoothly operating system in place that allows both you and the team to thrive.

Be willing to take smartly calculated risks and head out to the edge of your growth zone. That’s where big breakthroughs can and do happen. You and your team will never reach your potential until you are willing to stand up, stand out, and march on. It doesn’t mean it’s easy, or that it won’t ruffle feathers. It simply means that if you want to attain massive results, you can’t do it with the same old comfortable routines. You’re going to have to invent a new way of thinking, being, and doing.

You got this! Until next time, dare to dream about what your organization would be like if you did run the place!

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Of equal importance to excelling with your daily deliverables, is continuously improving your results. Ask the team to help you improve the process and the product, and you will have a group that continually refreshes and renews itself. There will be little chance for boredom, and mischief will be minimized when people are actively engaged not only in doing their basic job, but in helping strengthen the organization as a whole. It’s a great mindset for people to be in and stay in during their workday. Being immersed in a forward thinking environment is far better than your team hating their jobs, thinking what they do doesn’t really matter, and watching the clock until it is time to go home.

Do the same thing for yourself. Think about how you can add value beyond what you are already accomplishing. Propose projects or new initiatives, figure out how to overcome obstacles, find ways to increase productivity or lower costs. Have fun with this, and spend time thinking about the bigger picture. Set the example and keep yourself engaged in the process of continuous improvement. It will make your job more interesting too.

Until next time, I’m rooting for you to analyze the big picture and help shape the direction your organization will take into the future!

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As a leader, you are responsible for results in two areas: your own workload, and the team’s. Part of the fun of leadership is producing something of value of your own, and helping your people produce what they are responsible for as well. The overall mission and goals of the organization are usually set at a level above yours. There are typical yearly, quarterly, or monthly objectives that need to be met. Take one extra step above and beyond the norm and break those goals down into daily deliverables for yourself and the team. This is where it becomes critical to play to people’s strengths, and position them for success. Match people’s skills and personalities with operational needs, and you’ll have a huge advantage in meeting all your goals.

Minimally acceptable standards will have already been set by other people, so this isn’t a matter of figuring out how to do the bare minimum necessary to get by. Don’t settle for that! Take your team to the next level by maximizing their talents and opportunities to add as much value as possible to the organization.

Until next time, I’ll be cheering you on as you strategize daily deliverables that will make your team stand out!