Awake
Not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions? Me neither. If something is worthy of your commitment, don’t wait till the clock strikes midnight on December 31. Do it now.
At the same time, the new year is an opportunity for fresh starts, renewed focus and a sense of adventure for what the new year can bring.
It’s also an opportunity to look back at what’s been accomplished and to be grateful for all of the people whose lives we have had the privilege to make better and those who have enriched our life.
Extraordinary performance and results are only possible if we’re “awake,” conscious leaders and managers, stewards of the spirit of the people entrusted to our leadership.
How can we make our organizations and the world a better place for people and achieve great results?
Believe in and communicate vision and values.
Influence with positive energy that engages and invigorates team members.
Build a learning team, never content with what you think you already know.
Be intentionally inclusive and foster diverse thinking from all multi-generational team members.
Lead and manage to the best of your ability by investing in your growth and development and your team’s.
Forge connection where there was disconnection.
Become a skilled change agent with strategies for needed change.
Streamline work processes so team members can deliver their highest value.
Listen deeply and empathetically for meaning.
Measure, celebrate, reward and personally, thank your team members every day for all of their efforts.
What’s on your list for 2019?
I don’t stay up till midnight on New Year’s Eve and watch the ball drop. Not a late-night gal. But, I’m wide awake the next morning, renewed and conscious about keeping just the right number of balls spinning in the year ahead.
Cheers to 2019!
I want to thank Kathleen Driscoll for publishing these ideas in her #ManagersAtWork column in the Rochester Business Journal, January 11, 2019 edition.
Featured in the Managers at Work column, Jan 11 issue
Sherri McArdle is a wife and mother to adult children and has been a business leader/owner for over 25 years. She is also a Master Certified Coach (MCC) to leaders and executives across the country and a trained mediator.
