5 keys to success

Overcoming organizational culture can be a major challenge. You need vision and a strategic direction. Communication is a must. Please don't take anything for granted. Every element has a function.

Are you overwhelmed in a current position and don't know where to start? Don't panic. Here are five key ingredients to get you started within your organization.

1. Take care of the fundamentals. Assess your situation from your company's point of view.
2. Spend more time with your business counterparts.
3. Learn your core business. Talk with key customers. Know their value and support them.
4. Research your competitors. Determine their key initiatives. Present this to management.
5. Delegate day-to-day management. Get competent lieutenants. Participate in group talks.

Make yourself clear on any terms. Influence your company's culture and nurture what is important. Incubate healthy discussions and lead. These five ingredients will enable a better performance for your organization.

run to win

In Jerry Kamer's book Instant Replay, Jerry recounts on December 23, 1967, before the Green Bay Packers played the Los Angeles Rams in the Western Conference championship game, that Packer head coach Vince Lombardi  said the key phrase was "Run to Win".

Jerry wrote that Coach Lombardi said, "that many people enter a race and just think about finishing, or about coming in second or third, but that when we enter a race, we're only looking for one thing: We run to win."

In that speech, Mr. Lombardi took his text from one of St. Paul's Epistles. Jerry wrote he didn't know which one. Coach Lombardi had a way of making all the saints sound like they would be great football coaches.

Coach Lombardi - Forrest Gregg at left, Jerry Kramer at right

Do we always run to win? I know I don't. Which has beem unfortunate.. That's my fault, not anyone elses. What has Paul taught me about winning? To be frank, I'm not sure. But, again that's my fault, and I am now exploring how Paul can help me win.

Coach Lombardi gave some great advice and his team took that advice and "ran" with it. They won the game against the Rams, 28-7. Let's explore how we can take great advice and "run" with it. That way we will "run to win".

leaders and strategies

Solve problems and improve performance. Use employee decision making models. Leaders see to it that problems are solved. Transformational strategies motivate people through values.

Share the vision.

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LEADERS USE STRATEGIES FLEXIBLY
BALANCE LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM NEEDS