“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” – Jack Welch

As the year-end approaches and we set ourselves up for a journey into the new year and decade, this is the ideal time to stop, reflect and visualise what success will look like for you and your business.

Why does having a vision help?

As Jack Welch said, a vision is something that you can communicate and drive with passion.

A shared vision that has passion and is genuine goes beyond the leader, and creates an energy that excites the entire team. Genuine enthusiasm and passion is the fuel that a team requires to do extraordinary things and in return, they help share the load, and thrive while doing so. You will not be alone in creating a positive future. Rather the business shifts from a ‘Me’ siloed culture to ‘We’ – the way of collaborative growth.

A shared vision that is well articulated and put into action will deliver passionate service outcomes, then create a new depth of customer loyalty that boosts profitability and ensures sustainability.

It is amazing how a vision, when lived passionately, acts as a guide to ensure well-considered decisions are made. At the same time, your vision allows you to be an early adopter, as you will easily identify new opportunities that fit perfectly into your future business outlook.

When you leverage these opportunities, some will call it luck. But you will know that your future vision-enabled decisive actions to be taken.

Success does not come from luck. It comes from visioning and being able to recognise when an opportunity is at hand, enabling decisive actions and outcomes.

What will be your Vision for 2020? 

How will you passionately share this with your team and energise them to come on a journey with you?

If you would like to have a discussion on how you can bring a 2020 Vision into your business, please contact me for an obligation free coaching conversation. You can email me here

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and all the best for a successful 2020 – with vision.

Are you ready for a change? Show no fear, take a well prepared and proven step towards new success in your business.

We’ve all made mistakes. Lost a friendship, lost a customer – and wished we’d handled the situation better. We’ve all recognised a ‘learning opportunity’, resolved to do things differently next time, then become busy and moved on.

But wishing and hoping gets you nowhere. Only ACTION moves you forward!

Could you be providing better solutions for your clients and your staff? Could you be investing more time in your family and friends – or yourself? 

The honest answer for the majority of us is, yes, there is room to improve. And when we gain this self-awareness, we should not see this as failure, but an opportunity.

Over the next month, why not Take 5 and challenge yourself to a small improvement in four areas of your life.

1. As a collaborator, select one area in your business where you and your team can provide a better client experience – and make a change. 
2. As a leader – select one area of team interaction where you can better guide or support team members with positive praise and thanks.
3. As a friend or family member – take the time to reach out to others in person. It could be as simple as a quiet coffee or a long-overdue lunch with a friend.
4. For you – treat yourself to an indulgence. Be inventive – do something ‘out of the box’.

The last point is often sadly overlooked. In fact, if you do only one thing in the next month, it should be this. 

I appreciate that as a business leader. you are busy. But I urge you to reflect. If you do not treat yourself well, you limit your ability to lead.

Many of my clients have told me they consider it selfish to take time off for themselves. But is it selfish to recharge, so you can be the best version of yourself when at work or with family and friends?

The more you invest in yourself and in your own mental health and fitness, the better the solutions, outcomes and life successes will be achieved.

I invite you to Take 5, then get in touch and let me know how you go with your improvements, both professionally and personally. 

It is shiny, it is new…

BUT BEWARE, EVERYTHING THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD!

Great business entrepreneurs and successful leaders create significant profits and leverage fantastic opportunities by seizing moments when they present themselves. They do so with passion – and often as early adopters.

Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs and leaders become drawn to the bright, shiny opportunities, and the more successful they become, the busier they are, the less mental capacity there is to make informed decisions. This attraction to new shiny opportunities is often referred to as ‘Shiny Object Syndrome’.

While Shiny Object Syndrome is often presented in a negative light, when understood, it is often the differentiator between success and average performance or failure. Those who are successful in managing this syndrome understand the psychological “Shadow” aspect as described by Carl Jung (Swiss psychiatrist and Founder of analytical psychology).

Successful entrepreneurs and leaders differentiate their outcomes from those that are average or underperforming by identifying opportunities with value and well-understood risks.

So how do you tell the difference between REAL GOLD and avoid time, money and energy chasing FOOL’S GOLD?

Both shine, attract attention and excite entrepreneurs and leaders; however, success is created when you:

1. Take 5. Pause to gather facts before jumping in and committing to an action.
2. Ask – what specific benefits will this provide to my business?
3. Consider – what is the initial investment and ongoing costs? Will the opportunity provide positive returns?
4. Ask – is this something that my customers want, need and will pay for?
5. Consider – do I have the time, resources, money and knowledge to fully commit to optimising this opportunity?
6. Review all to-do items you have to complete. Is this new opportunity of greatest importance?
7. Ask – do I need this in my life and business at this point in time, or would other opportunities provide a higher return?
8. Make clear, timely decisions and then ACT with full commitment until the execution of all must complete steps have been successfully undertaken.

Businesses that create sustainably successful outcomes do so by spotting the opportunities that keep their customers at the front of mind, deliver offerings that reflect their status as industry leaders and by focusing on this eight-point checklist.

If you are struggling with Shiny Object Syndrome, contact me to book a FREE, 90 minute session with me, to get things back on track.