Tuesday, September 23, 2008@ 3:38 PM
For those of you running your own company or leading a major team, division or department within a company: if you haven’t done so already, now is the time to sharpen your vision for the forth quarter and specifically prepare for 2009. This vision must be simple and clear. The next step is to illuminate a chronological pathway from this vision (if the goal is to gross $1 million in sales in 2009, what will the sales be 12/1/09, 11/1/09, 10/1/09… all the way back to the first month of the year?) Once this pathway is fully illuminated for all to see, then it is dividing up all the tactics and strategies to the human resources so this happens. Everyone on your team must have the authority to make decisions in their own sector, which includes the responsibility and the accountability.
I highly recommend a weekly report for all those who directly report to you. This states on a macro level what they have done for the week and what they will do within the next week. This report should be concise, to the point and no longer than one page. Less is more in the 4th quarter and in the year 2009.
- Less meetings but more productive meetings
- Less talk but more accurate talk
- Less waste but more solid investment
- Less thoughts but more clear thoughts
Becoming efficient regarding the top and bottom halves of your profit and loss statement is crucial for survival in these turbulent times.
The people in your company, division or department have other issues and thoughts besides the company. It’s a time when these thoughts need to be segmented and isolated from one another. It is the overlapping of thoughts across multiple life arenas that creates chaos indecision as well as poor decision. This furthers anxiety, impatience, distrust, disbelief, low optimism, severe negativity and ultimate depression. A great leader must recognize the consequences of being disorganized and invest time in order to save and leverage time. Sometimes a tree needs to be pruned in order to grow. Even though these times are tough on everyone, it may be time to prune the tree. Do not wait until the tree is dying. Pruning, water and sunshine can revitalize an otherwise ailing entity.
Leaders should be ahead of the pack. Unfortunately when this is so you will be alone. Your decisions will not always be popular. Listen to your intuition. Remember:
intuition has real time information that conscious minds do not possess. Unfortunately it speaks softly and usually only once. Listen to this inner voice, gut feeling or vibe and act on it swiftly with trust and obedience.
Good fortune favors the bold. However there is a fine line between being bold and foolish. Wisdom needs to be exercised at every turn.
Stay in the Zone.
Jim Fannin
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