Anyone who was part of Scouting will remember it as a time working toward a common goal. Whether it was a newspaper drive, tree planting or recycling. Their motto is Be Prepared. It has remained with you as a reminder that the conditioning of your youth. It is the root of your drive and creative vision. Successful businesses follow the Scouting motto and answer the question, “How prepared are we?”
One family business owner that TAC worked with confided that their leniency with their children had contributed to their sense of entitlement. They took advantage. In another organization we learned that the production manager had quit suddenly. They left all the time-sensitive paperwork for the certification of a recently developed program in limbo. Then there was a family-run operation that lost their controller at a crucial time because one of the children had alienated the entire staff while the parent was on vacation for two weeks.
How Prepared Are You?
Were these problems merely a combination of bad luck and bad timing? Could these scenarios happen to you? Could some of the issues be prevented? What would you do differently in these three cases?
A robust leadership vison means letting go of the traditional firefighting role many businesses leaders engage in – sometimes for years. Discussing risk management scenarios is essential, because in many businesses that key vision is the most overlooked and underdeveloped area of opportunity.
Regardless of how long you have been leading the organization it is time to prepare your Leadership Vision Plan. Great leaders develop their skills over time, so you can expect that it will take several years for your potential leaders to develop the same skills you have.
As a leader, you can change the direction of the lives of others by inspiring their self-confidence through development, and coaching. So, it begins by presenting them with your vison.
Warren Bennis, the extraordinarily successful investor and philanthropist, noted that managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right things.
Now is the time to prepare your company’s future leaders by working to change attitudes, habits, and behaviours, so be the master of your destiny.
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