Posts Tagged ‘Reflection’

Looking Back, Looking Forward

December 21st, 2010

At the end of each year, all of us at Build­ing Cham­pi­ons take time out to rest and reflect. With this in mind, our office will be closed begin­ning on Decem­ber 24th. You can look for more thoughts on Lead­er­ship From the Trenches when I resume blog­ging in January.

What will the New Year hold for you? In what ways will you be blessed, and how can you con­tinue to help oth­ers be the best they can be?

My hope is that you will join me this Christ­mas sea­son and reflect, renew, and recom­mit to be the best per­son you can, in every respect.  Here are some ques­tions to help you do just that.

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A Eulogy in Process

September 21st, 2010

More and more busi­ness peo­ple are seek­ing the assis­tance of a per­sonal coach. They are look­ing for an account­abil­ity part­ner; some­one who can help them stay focused on what’s important.

Build­ing Cham­pi­ons is com­mit­ted to help­ing peo­ple to be more inten­tional and focused in busi­ness and in life. The under­pin­ning of our coach­ing pro­gram is the Core Four® suc­cess prin­ci­ples – Life Plan­ning, Busi­ness Vision, Busi­ness Plan­ning, and Pri­or­ity Management.

One unusual and enlight­en­ing ele­ment of the coach­ing pro­gram comes when work­ing on the Life Plan. Clients engage in writ­ing their own eulogy — how they want to be remem­bered when they are gone.

The beauty of this process is that you have the oppor­tu­nity to out­line clearly how you want to be thought of in this life. What do you want peo­ple to remem­ber when they look back on your life, and all the things you have done — or haven’t done?

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Changes Can Ruin Efficiency

May 24th, 2010

When unex­pected events occur, orga­ni­za­tions often respond by hastily putting new pro­ce­dures into place. These changes may be log­i­cal in the short term, but ulti­mately these added steps can slow down the over­all process. They may get in the way of serv­ing cus­tomers, impact pro­duc­tiv­ity, and hin­der finan­cial performance.

This is espe­cially prob­lem­atic when processes are not fre­quently eval­u­ated, stream­lined, or even elim­i­nated. Unchecked processes bloat vir­tu­ally every organization.

Spring clean­ing applies to busi­nesses, too!

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It’s Time to Look Back

January 4th, 2010

The abil­ity to look for­ward is a great attribute for man­agers and lead­ers.  A clear vision and pur­pose­ful direc­tion ener­gizes your team and builds pos­i­tive momen­tum.  How­ever, no team or busi­ness endeavor works per­fectly.  Mis­takes are made.  Stuff hap­pens.  What do we do about it is the key.

Past Present Future

 

Per­son­ally, I really hate to look back­ward, but it’s nec­es­sary.  The pur­pose is not to beat up on your­self or oth­ers.  Instead, it is to reflect con­struc­tively on what has worked well and what should have worked bet­ter.  Not only is this reflec­tion nec­es­sary for you, but your team also needs to learn from it.

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