January is a traditional time for business to get everyone in alignment for a successful year. Kickoff meetings, revealing of business and strategic plans and any number of other activities to get the team setup for their greatest potential success. Effort and energy go into these rollouts but what happens after…
The saying “when the stars align” reference a time when just the right set of circumstances come into position and the result is greater or more spectacular than expected. Alignment is thus a key component to the ongoing success of a culture. When foundational elements align and remain in alignment then a culture can flourish. If out of alignment, then constant recurrence of challenges distracts a culture from blossoming into its full potential.
Here we are in the second week of 2023 and already people have begun to lose focus. Maybe it is the leftover haze from time off during the holiday season. Maybe it is the lack of purpose and direction for their role or personal being. Maybe it is that no one has taken the time to help them get initially focused, so they are…
If you have ever looked through a camera lens or set of binoculars you will need to adjust the focal point of the object you are narrowing in upon. This intentional effort to bring an object into focus so you can see it clearly is the same aspect of focusing in on your future results. The greater the effort to bring into focus the deliverable the greater the opportunity is to realize it.
It seems that every year around this time when one calendar year ends and a new one begins that business owners and individuals do some resorting of their priorities. Depending on what have been the most recent events in their business or lives it influences where they intend to place their time and energy. For example, if a person has had some…
Our daily lives are filled with an overabundance of things all clamoring for our attention. Some are actually important while many are just another distraction. If our culture allows for the absence of prioritizing the important and the distractions, then the path we travel is likely a roundabout way of potentially getting nowhere.
Another year has flown by as we welcome 2023. As the clocks tick midnight and we take a moment to reflect on everything that happened in 2022, let’s move with a new energy into 2023. May each of you be at peace with your past and happy for what the future will bring in 2023.
To the best in 2023! May all of your dreams and goals be achieved.
With the end of 2022 upon us, if we look back over the past 12-24 months, we will find much resentment in the media and in the personal and business circles we are touched by. This rising negative energy only inhibits peace in the world. May we all at this holiday time find room in our hearts to be meek and forgive.
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At this time of year, JKL Associates pauses to reflect and celebrate the birth of our savior – Jesus Christ. We pray and hope that this Christmas season is blessed for all of you and our team, clients, colleagues, neighbors, and the communities in which we work and live.
May the PEACE of Christ be in your workplaces and homes.
Merry Christmas!
When a society cannot genuinely appreciate others success and be happy for them, we are on the path of decay. If one-upmanship and always having to be better than the next person overwhelms everyone’s thoughts, then when can we pause and even see the contribution each of us bring into our culture and reflect on the value it has for all.