A critical ingredient in the recipe for a growing and prosperous business is attracting and developing the best possible talent in the marketplace. The talent pool has ebbed and flowed up and down for decades. In recent years, leaders have faced many challenges in acquiring talent to achieve their organization’s objectives. It has also been a challenge for the talent in the marketplace to be…
In business, when a strategy goes sideways, we should not get angry at the strategy. We need to look first at ourselves. How did we participate or not support the plan? What could we have done differently to affect an alternate outcome? Challenges are opportunities to grow and learn more about ourselves and those with whom we work as a team.
Well, election day is complete. At least the voting event is wrapped up. The hype and level of distraction over the past few months have been pretty heavy. Even if you were reasonably successful in tuning out much or some of the media, those people around you, in one form or fashion, attempted to drag you into the election dynamics.
After months of media hype, election day has arrived. It might be simple to go along with the hype and the crowd, but ask yourself and look deep into your well-formed conscience, as voting is a freedom that should never be taken lightly.
Although the invention of the compass dates back well over 2000+ years and likely came about in different original forms based on the earth’s magnetic pull, the tools were a significant leap into superior navigation. As the world is primarily covered with water, being able to navigate not only by celestial bodies but also by the pull of the earth’s magnetism allowed civilizations to expand and flourish. With such guidance tools, the people who navigated exploration, trade, and even war used the compass to direct their actions to realize specific outcomes.
By having a Purpose energized by Passion and guided by Core Values that you hold yourself accountable to, you will have unlimited persistence to achieve whatever you set out to accomplish.
As we near election day, conversations about this candidate or that person, this policy, or that claim have reached a fever pitch. Everyone seems to have an opinion, and they not only want to share it with everyone but are not inclined to stop telling until the person they are speaking with concedes to their point of view. We have moved away from health discussions into a place of my way or the highway dialogue.
Our society seeks freedom from accountability; thus, we dismiss anything that holds us to a standard. On the contrary, holding oneself to a standard of self-accountability raises you and your organization to a higher level of performance.
It is that time of year when we exercise our freedom to vote. If you have already cast your vote via early voting or absentee ballot, thank yourself for having done your civic duty. We live in a representative republic democracy where “We the People” actually are the government and elect those to represent us as a collective and support our republic. This model crafted by the founders of this nation was designed so that no one person or group of people could mandate something by the majority rule. Pretty insightful by our forefathers.
Each of us needs a guidance system to keep us on the best path of our journey. By identifying and holding yourself accountable to your Core Values, you eliminate many worldly distractions.