History Determines Destiny...Or Not
Christine Caine of The A21 Campaign was speaking recently at Willow Creek and she said:
Do not allow your history to determine your destiny.
Although her reference point is that people who have been abused can heal and rise above past pain to have a fulfilling life, it is also a great reminder for leaders.
Your success may have gotten you this far, but are your current leadership skills scalable to grow your organization to the next level?
When I think of our Clients who are growing rapidly, all of them are investing in systems to improve employee engagement, service delivery, sales, and their client experience.
Why? Because systems scale.
Having all final decision-making authority in one person does not scale and disengages employees. ("Well, it's Susan's company...") In contrast, good systems extend decision-making to others and increase employee ownership for results.
Your history as a leader may be a bumpy road to date, an incredible success, or includes too much failure. No matter what that history is, you can invest today to define, pursue and achieve a destiny that is very meaningful (and profitable).
If you need help, our LEADERSHIP Essentials and All-In LEADERSHIP programs are an ideal way for you to improve your Systematic Leadership in less time and with processes we have proven to work over the past 11 years.
Have a meeting with your leadership team, or you can do this alone as part of your weekly Sanctuary time, to consider where you have traveled and what destination you truly want to reach.
This can be a long exercise or a relatively short one.
- List the key achievements and failures of your career to date. You can also include a similar list for your personal life, or incorporate the two to remind yourself how they relate.
- Define one thing that would be a meaningful destination for the next leg of your leadership journey.
- Define and date the key steps to reach that destination.
- Think about it. Pray about it. Ask people for their opinion.
- GO FOR IT.
Let me know if you need help.
Have fun!