Results. It’s what we as leaders want; it’s what our shareholders demand. Your goals may remain relatively constant, but how you achieve them (and hopefully surpass them) will change with the times.

The skill-sets of last year’s top performers may no longer provide you with the results you aspire for this year, and Benjamin Franklin summed it up perfectly:

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Always Be Growing For the Best Results

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

We must commit to providing continual growth and development opportunities for individuals and organizations, and we can’t forget about the need for self-enrichment.

No matter how experienced, tenured, or mature we may be, we all need to minimally “refresh” our abilities, attitudes, behaviors and skill-sets.

Some of the Top Issues Impacting Results

  • Unproductive behaviors
  • No/minimal accountability and ownership
  • Lack of passion, motivation, and commitment
  • Inability to address issues or deal with difficult people
  • Ignoring stress levels
  • The inability to give and receive feedback in an honoring way
  • Trust issues

And there are more:

  • What new technical skills must be acquired?
  • Are strong relationships built and sustained?
  • Does listening truly occur?
  • Do you know your customer’s needs?
  • Does planning include strategic and Innovative thinking?

This is just a sample of areas for development. Think about where you are now and where you want to be before the end of the year. Assign priorities for taking action, and make it happen. Do the same for what you want for next year, and also for 5 years from now.

Be realistic; growth and attaining desired results does not happen overnight but a commitment to continual learning will drive progress that leads to success.

What do you want to accomplish for the remainder of 2016?

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Change Is Constant and Often Challenging