As we start 2011, It’s a good time to step back and think about what you want to be true when you start 2012.
If you don’t set some goals, you’ll deliver a bunch of work (which is good) but you’ll be starting 2012 in the same shape you are in now (which is not good enough).
What I mean is that you and your team will not have grown.
You will have delivered more stuff, but have only the same capabilities and capacity as you do now.
1. As a leader you must deliver stuff AND get better at what you do over time.
2. It is a primary job of a leader to build a team beneath you that is highly capable, so that you free yourself up to solve higher order problems.
If your team does not get more capable, you all get stuck, and the business gets stuck in the same place.
How will you grow yourself, your business and your team?
What do you want to be better this time next year?
Here are three questions you should be answering in right now.
It’s Jan 2012…
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I’m not at all suggesting you try and do all of these things, or that these are even the right list of things for you to choose from.
But think about it…In what way do YOU want to be better next year? Decide. Do something on purpose.
Hint: start by scheduling some time to think about this!
It’s Jan 2012…
Will you team be better at…
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This is a wonderful exercise to kick off the year with your team.
Have an off-site and decide not only what you want to get done, but what you want your team to be known for externally and internally, and what you want to be better at as team next year.
It’s Jan 2012…
Every business and every organization has persistent problems that are critical to get fixed, but don’t seem to ever get fixed. (You’re not alone.)
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It’s a very productive and valuable effort, to face your most annoying business issues, and decide to solve just one, once and for all. Then pick the next and solve that one.
You need to be really diligent about not getting consumed by only delivering work.
You need to carve out time and energy to rise above the work and improve your game. That is the job of a leader.
If you do focus on work plus capability, the business benefits, the customers benefit, and everyone gets a little happier – including you!
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