If they create it, they own it.

If you decide what to do by yourself and tell your people, while they may nod their heads, they could reject the idea and not work hard to make it happen because it was someone else’s idea and they didn’t fully agree with it or they just didn’t like they way they had no say.

If you involve your people in designing a solution, project, or program and they have a part in it, they will take ownership and work hard to make it work out.

Do you involve your teams in the discussions about what they should be doing and how?

 

Unmet Expectations

All upsets are unmet expectations.

But many expectations are not realistic in the first place because they were not carefully thought out – and now by trying or in the fullness of time, you are finding out how unrealistic they were.  

Other expectations were not communicated clearly to your team, so they didn’t even know you had them.

What are your expectations?  Do you need to think them through better or communicate them better so they have a better chance of coming true?

 

Gas or Less Brake?

To make the company go, do you need to put your foot on the gas, or get your foot off the brake?

How do you have your foot on the brake?

The Primary Obstacle

What is the primary obstacle between you and your goal?

Get some smart people in a room and talk about it.

Write it down clearly.  Evaluate the obstacle thoroughly.

What are some ways to overcome, go around, or eliminate this obstacle?  

Write them down.  Evaluate each of them – effectiveness, investment, time, cost, and consequences….

Wouldn’t eliminating or neutralizing your primary obstacle make a huge difference?

Shouldn’t you spend lots of time on it?

 

 

WHO not HOW

Have a problem?  (All leaders do).

Rather than thinking about how YOU are going to solve this problem, think about WHO knows how to fix this problem and how they can fix it for you.

Get them on your team.  Hire them.  Ask them.  Empower them.  Hire their firm to get them to work on this project for you.  Ask them to do it on the weekends.  Whatever!

WHO not HOW.