LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE

Creating More of the Results You Want

Introduction

I have been putting my thoughts about leadership and culture down on paper in a series of short, easy-to-digest essays. This is the first essay in a series of six. If you’d like to know a little about my background and inspiration, my website includes a section that summarizes my experience and key influences (http://www.2m-spaces.com/about-michael-p-mack/).

1. Insights Are Easy… Tangible Results Are Not

Each of us, at some point, has the desire to create more of the results we want in our lives and to do that with less effort. By “results,” I of course mean the typical career goals and financial rewards that occupy so much of our attention. I would also encourage a larger definition of “results” to include all the key outcomes in our lives, whether personal or professional.

So, what is it that will give us that additional capacity? How many times have we heard a motivational speaker, listened to a Ted Talk or read the latest leadership book and gained a seemingly powerful insight only to find a couple of weeks (or maybe even a couple of days) later that the idea seems less valuable or not relevant to our lives? It can all seem so elusive.

For most of us, insights are often available if we open ourselves to them. The challenge comes when we try to create a tangible change in the outcomes in our lives. I would suggest that two conditions are essential for translating an insight about how we lead into an improvement in our ability to create the results we want. If met, I can pretty much guarantee you will see more results with less effort.

You will change your ability to create results for yourself and within your organization under these conditions:

You are clear that you want to create different results for yourself and your team. You have to want something different and be committed to making it happen.

You are committed to practice.

By “practice” you understand that your shift in attitude, perspective or behavior is necessary for you to be the driver of the desired change and that you must spend time each day developing that shift. Without the commitment to both steps you are most likely wasting your time.

Make the commitment.

Contact information:

Michael P. Mack

E: mmack@2m-spaces.com

M: 619.990.5300

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