Business Tip Tuesday 🚀

We frequently encounter the term preparation and assume we understand and apply it well. However, in our fast-paced world of instant gratification, we often fall short of reaching our full potential through preparation. Let's delve deeper into the concept of preparation and uncover its true significance. Beyond its cognitive benefits, the emotional impact of preparation may be more profound than we have previously realized!

In leadership, I have always found that having clarity about the benefits of your efforts has benefitted me in my endeavors. Understanding what I am working towards and for, allows me to work harder with vision and hope for the future.

Maximizing personal effectiveness is a crucial skill, but blind spots can often hinder your progress. Beware the impact of your blind spots--they can decrease your effectiveness and damage your work relationships, whether you're a business owner, executive, manager, or frontline worker. The good news is that you can learn how to identify and eliminate these blind spots, for yourself and others.

Statistics share facts and essential truths, and the truth is that we should all invest in our people!

Self-awareness is required in Leadership. Reputation is a prerequisite to effective Leadership. Reputation is everyone's responsibility!

It is the leader's job to ensure that Reputation is managed effectively! But make no mistakes, it is everyone's job to maintain and elevate organizational Reputation. Trust, performance, and engagement are critical for a strong Organizational Reputation.

Reputation is a long-term word. One must have a vision of what one desires to be known for and work towards it in the good, bad, and in between times. There will be bumps, bruises, and damaged egos along the journey. Reputation is built by a demonstrated long-term body of work, personally, professionally, and organizationally!

Lately, I’ve been thinking about the different types of performance.

As I work with individual clients, and in our group coaching formats, I have learned many spread themselves far too thin, diluting their performance personally, professionally, and organizationally. It does not have to be this way.

What do you think?  Are you performing up to par?

Succession in leadership takes time and is critical for success—a goal for every organization, especially a family business. Leadership is not for everyone and not a birthright either. When considering succession, whether in a family business or not, certain qualities must be considered for success.

Why Goal Setting Matters

A goal-setting study sponsored by the Ford Foundation found that:

• 23% of the population has NO IDEA what they want from life & as a result, they float around aimlessly.
• 67% of the population has a general idea of what they want but don’t have any plans for getting it.
• Only 10% of the population has specific, well-defined goals, but even then, 7 out of 10 of those people reach their goals only half (50%) of the time.
• The top 3% of the people in the study achieved their goals 89% of the time.

• What was the difference?  They found that of all the possible variables, the only difference between the top performers and the rest was that the top 3% WROTE DOWN THEIR GOALS.