Letting things slide
At least one version of the truth is that leaders get paid to think. There’s only so much actual 'doing' involved in leading, the rest is about considering…
The first time you see the graffiti in the car park, artistic or otherwise, it’s a shock. Indignant ain’t the word. “What the … ?”
A few days later – it’s still offensive but you’re getting used to it. “Hmmph.”
A couple of weeks – it’s normalised. Part of the landscape. You don’t even see it.
Except you do. And so does everyone on the team. And every visitor. And every customer.
Graffiti, a broken toilet seat, last year’s Christmas poster in the rec room, broken links and bad design on the website, that person in purchasing who does nothing, a toxic partnership.
Every time you let things slide they say you don’t care.
And you should.
Your team do. Your visitors do. Your customers do.
Skippy strategy: What ugly sore have you walked past every day for the last month? Sweep it up.
First published 29th April 2015.
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