Month: June 2019

Want to Be a Successful Leader? Stop Reading About What They Do and Start Applying These 5 Success Habits Instead

Are you tired of reading the same leadership clichés in leadership books and online articles? Most of the “helpful” information and tips that you have read are all based on common sense and ideas that have been installed in your head since elementary school.

When you’re ready to become a successful leader, it’s time to follow the five actionable practices documented by Dr. John Stahl-Wart. These practices can be found in successful businesses and organizations around the world.

1. Have a Vision

Having a compelling vision is the foundation of becoming a great and successful leader. Getting your team to buy into your vision will inspire and motivate them to bring their 100 percent day in and day out. Nothing motivates us more than a compelling purpose that we can get behind and work towards.

2. Set the Bar High

Establish a set of core values that you strive to implement at every level of your organization. These values will help define the level of work you expect your team to reach on a daily basis. By setting the bar high, you’re holding your team accountable to do everything in their power to reach it.

3. Break Down Barriers

Let your team and your customers know you’re willing to go above and beyond to get what the customer values most. Clarify what it is that your team does that customers value most. After that, demonstrate that you’re willing to remove any and all barriers between your product or service and your customers.

4. Optimize Your Teams Strength

A successful leader knows his team’s individual strengths. By knowing these strengths you can better delegate work to people who love doing and who do it well.

This can ensure the best work possible while also keeping your team engaged in the work that they are doing.

5. Flip The Pyramid Upside Down

A successful leader can flip the top-down pyramid to help establish a healthy leader-leader culture in their organization. By doing this, you can help your team reach their full potential. It’s important to get rid of the unhealthy dependency on individual leaders.

Be a Serving Leader

A successful and well-respected leader is in the trenches with their team. Follow by actions and not words, and your team will follow you through thick and thin. These five practical actions can help you become a successful leader.

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Gary Brunson
gary@myclearfocus.com

Debra Rider
debra@myclearfocus.com

574.361.2674

Sustainable Growth & Profit Consultant, Coach, Mentor and Counselor/Therapist for Business Owners and Professional.

These 5 Words Make the Difference Between Success and Failure

It’s no secret that Tom Brady is a successful person in the spotlight. He recently gave a statement talking about how he handles the stress and excitement of football games. People questioned him on his methods of staying calm when there’s so much going on around him.

Brady gave 5 important words he that uses in his life. “One play at a time” are five words that make the difference between his success and failure. Here are a few reasons why these words matter.

The Power Of Focus

These words can serve as a mantra in anyone’s life. Regardless of how someone views this statement, you can’t deny that these words are powerful. They bring focus and perspective in life situations.

While you may not have a busy football career, chances are you deal with stressful situations every day. Taking life events “one play at a time” trains your brain to slow down and focus on one situation at a time.

You CAN Shut Out Fear of Failure

Life is stressful enough without the added fear of failure. If you’re constantly worried that you’ll fail, you’ll have a hard time pressing forward. If you don’t press forward, you’ll never reach your goals.

Choosing to take things “one play at a time” forces you to check your goals. Take time to celebrate each milestone regardless of how small it is. Determine to keep moving forward no matter how afraid you are.

Dealing With Emotional Balance

These five words help you manage your emotions and learn from your mistakes. Don’t let yourself believe you can’t keep trying. Use these words to motivate you toward success and away from failure.

If you’re the type of person that slows down in stressful situations, stop and focus on “one play at a time.” Let those words motivate your pace and accomplish whatever tasks you have.

Learn From Past Mistakes

A big difference between success and failure is learning from your past mistakes. Focusing on “one play at a time” helps you avoid the same mistake and succeed the next time. It’s important to live in the present and not focus on past mistakes.

The most successful people analyze their mistakes and try again until they succeed. They don’t stop when something goes wrong. They press forward toward their goals.

Try using these five words in your life to move you away from failure and toward success.

Gary Brunson
gary@myclearfocus.com

Debra Rider
debra@myclearfocus.com

574.361.2674

Sustainable Growth & Profit Consultant, Coach, Mentor and Counselor/Therapist for Business Owners and Professional.

Why Great Employees Leave “Great Cultures

From the outside, a company may look like “the place to work,’ but constantly they are having to hire new personnel when their employees leave. The culture of the company may not actually align with their core values which make for an unhappy workplace. So how can this all be changed? Let’s first understand what a great culture is versus what it’s not.

What is Great Culture?

While some might think having a great culture is all about parties or free gifts or company sponsored workout classes, having a great culture is so much more than that. When a company’s behaviors, systems, and practices all align with their core values, great culture is the largest by-product.

A majority of employees leave great companies when gaps form between the three elements and core values.

For example, if a company says they “promote from within”, but even the top performers in the company never get a promotion.

To fix a failing culture, the best place to start is by reviewing the behaviors, systems, and practices in place to see where improvements can be made.

Behaviors

Employees want to know exactly what behaviors will get a promotion or raise. When there are clear expectations, employees can focus on working on those behaviors to get ahead in their career rather than worrying if they are doing the correct things.

Another thing that will bring down the culture is an ineffective leader that doesn’t follow expected behaviors. Employees will become confused if what they need to do to get a promotion isn’t consistent with the behaviors of leaders already in place in the company.

Systems

Every system that is in place in a company, such as job titles or technology used, can lead to a company’s culture excelling or declining. A few key systems that must be correctly working towards a better culture include assessments, rewarding, and goal setting.

Assessments: Knowing how frequently assessments will be given and how feedback will be provided on them is important.

Rewarding: Employees need to see there is a true system in place for gaining a promotion. They will lose trust and faith in a company when this is perceived as random.

Goal Setting: Having employees included in the process of creating goals will give clear expectations and guidelines.

Practices

Practices, such as meetings, feedback sessions, or company events, must change as the company grows or faces setbacks. Evolution is the key to success when showing employees that the company is willing to work on maintaining a great culture.

We would love to hear your comments. Please contact us today!

Gary Brunson
gary@myclearfocus.com

Debra Rider
debra@myclearfocus.com

574.361.2674

Sustainable Growth & Profit Consultant, Coach, Mentor and Counselor/Therapist for Business Owners and Professional.