Leverage
LEVERAGE - Using the technology, time, money, knowledge, brains, or skills of others to accomplish what you yourself could not accomplish, or accomplish so quickly. Where do you use leverage? Where do you need to use more leverage?
Speak the unsaid
Nothing can change until the unsaid is spoken. That thing that no one wants to talk about. That thing or person that is holding you and the team back. There is something to declare. It's what everyone knows and no one wants to acknowledge. Acknowledge it. Nothing can change or…
Empower your way to the top
Leaders and managers -EMPOWER good people to give their best to move the team forward towards goals. You cannot babysit your way to accountability and high performance. Don't abdicate or allocate work. Delegation is nice but even that isn't the way. Empowerment is the highest form of leadership.
The Most Dangerous Competitor
If you were going to compete against your company, knowing what you know, what would you do to make a dent in it? Fix that weakness.
Problem Solving
Leaders solve problems by wielding their decision-making power. We don't like problems and we want them to go away fast - so we want to solve problems quickly. But too often we don't make the right decision and have a sub-optimal solution. Slow down. Problem-solving is 80% discovery and diagnostics. …
You can't teach what you don't know.
Who trains your people? Your sales manager? Your production manager? You? A person can never out-train their own ability and discipline to learn themselves. You can't teach what you don't know really well. Id the teacher a great learner who has done to work of learning enough to teach well?
Compound Interest on Learning and Change
If I notice an area I can improve in my business, and think about making a change or improvement that can save $200 (or $2000 or $20,000) a month, would I benefit more if I made the change now, a year from now, or ten years from now? I take…
"I don't want more business"
The other night Marie and I went to a restaurant near our house. We had gone there periodically over the last 4 years. Often they are slow. I asked the owner how business was. He said he was keeping his head above water, and sighed as if he was disappointed.…
A Product of Your Decisions
Your business is not a product of circumstances - it is a product of your decisions (made or unmade). As the leader, you are the only one who can make the most important decisions. What important decisions have to be made now?
How big are the problems you solve?
The size of your business will be determined by the size of the problems you solve. Can only solve little problems and not big ones? Well, that will limit you like a small pot constrains the growth of a plant. Ironically, often it takes just as much energy and life…
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