What should I do?
I’m facilitating a group of CEOs who will be sharing lots of ideas on how to increase business, adding new products, upgrading technology, increasing income and a host of other ideas. The challenge for this group is not what the new great ideas are. The challenge is what ideas should each implement into their own shop. When there are so many great things to do, how do you choose what is the best idea for you? Here are some thoughts and steps to go through this process.
Step 1: Limit the focus. The more… Continue reading
Lessons from a champion!
I just returned from the 2013 Open Championship and I’m making this my repeat once again. Phil Mickelson won the 2013 tournament. A hard fought tournament with lots of competition. I hope you’ll enjoy this post once again this year.
I attended the Open Championship in July 2011 (the British golf tournament). The winner was a forty-two year old man from Northern Ireland, Darren Clarke. If you saw him on the street, or in a pub, you may not have picked him to be an elite athlete. He had planned to start a weight… Continue reading
Play your own game!
I had the opportunity to attend a five day golf camp at the end of May. I learned many things during the instruction time. One major lesson that I learned was to play your own game. It’s an analogy that can be applied to your career as well. Following are some thoughts:
Thought 1: What others are doing. When you play golf it’s easy to watch those who you are playing with and try to emulate their strokes, whether you have the same skill or not. What happens more times than I’d like,… Continue reading
Fairness
The last in the series of drivers is fairness. If fairness is your biggest driver, you’re happy if beaten by someone who is better than you but hate those that cheat the system. People who butt in line get under your skin.
A threat response can be triggered very quickly when someone perceives an unfair situation. You’ll hear your employees say things like “He has a different set of rules for Jim than he has for the rest of us”; “They talk about values but it’s business as usual at the top”; “She is the favorite… Continue reading
Relatedness
Relatedness involves deciding whether others are “in” or “out” of a social group. People are divided into friend or foe. Relatedness is a driver of behavior in many types of teams, from sports teams to organizational silos; people naturally like to form “tribes” where they experience a sense of belonging.
If relatedness is your biggest driver, you find it easy to remember things about other people. You make the effort socially and don’t understand when others don’t. You find it easy to connect with others and like doing things that make others feel important and special.… Continue reading
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