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YOUR PRIMARY VALUE as a leader is to give people direction, to align their work in order to achieve the large goals of the group.
But that’s the left-brain way of thinking. It’s fine and necessary as far as it goes, but it’s missing something.
Caring. Purpose. Passion.
IT’S REALLY DEPRESSING how many people are disengaged from their jobs.
I’ve been there, and you probably have too. It’s not a great feeling.
But guess what? As a leader and business owner, you have the great opportunity to do something about it for your people. And it’s not rocket science.
WINDSONG MEMORY CARE is a great new facility in Fort Collins, part of the new growing field of applying Montessori methods to help dementia patients.
They call their approach the Montessori Inspired Lifestyle®, and it’s revolutionary.
We all have fears when it comes to our declining years. For me, the idea of losing my memory and thinking is unbelievably scary.
DISAGREEMENT IS NATURAL, because we’re human.
I’ve recently had to work on this, both for myself and for clients, and have some thoughts about building a graceful reconciliation.
It’s important to realize that you’ve entered a zone fraught with emotion, so treating this with logical arguments isn’t likely to end up with a great result.
EVERY DAY IS A BALANCING ACT, constantly responding to the winds of change.
I get that.
But you have to remember where you’re going. When people walk a tightrope, it’s not about focusing on the two feet around them and the infinite space below.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO THINK that a clear sense of mission straightens everything out.
And to a certain extent, it does.
But the truth is also that knowing where you’re going doesn’t mean that reality will line up to make your job easy. You may be on a mission to save lives on the other side of town. Your sirens and flashing lights can help clear the road a bit, but the roads aren’t going to move to make your job easier.
UNCERTAINTY CAN DRIVE you nuts!
The market is shifting. Regulations are up in the air. Partners can be unpredictable. Employees are, well, human.
As a business owner, your job is to create some stability despite all this shifting sand. Sorry to give you the bad news, but it’s the only way you’ll make progress.
ONE OF THE UNIVERSAL KEYS to getting stuff done is to focus. Avoid distractions, concentrate on one thing, and you’ll actually move ahead faster.
I get that. Especially in our highly distracted culture, you can spend your entire day just flitting from one shiny object to the next.
But there’s more to the story.
THIS WHOLE UNIVERSE SHOULDN’T EXIST.
How improbable is it that we’re here, that we have a wonderful existence with over 7 billion sharing a single planet?
Yet here we are.
YOU’RE VERY PASSIONATE about your mission. I get that. I wish everyone had that level of engagement with their business and job.
The dark side of that passion is that it can easily disconnect you from your customers.
How so?
The Values-Based Business 