Posts Tagged ‘Time’

You Don’t Have Time Not to Think

Friday, November 12th, 2010

In my last few months of coach­ing ses­sions and in my learn­ing from great busi­ness lead­ers, a com­mon topic is sur­fac­ing. This topic is that of thinking.

I see lead­ers who are not plac­ing a high value on the dis­ci­pline of think­ing. Team mem­bers who don’t spend enough time think­ing through a pro­posal or a pos­si­ble strat­egy. Man­agers who are not tak­ing time to think about the ram­i­fi­ca­tions of a new launch or how to improve an old prod­uct or service.

Lead­ing today is more chal­leng­ing than in years past. There is more com­ing at us each and every sec­ond.  We must be excel­lent at set­ting bound­aries for our­selves or we can get sucked into the email or social net­work­ing vacuum.

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Don’t Waste Your Time!

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

As an exec­u­tive coach, I have seen clients spend count­less hours build­ing impres­sive plans, only to throw them out the win­dow when the first big chal­lenge or oppor­tu­nity hits. What a waste!

Don’t waste your time putting together an annual Busi­ness Plan if you don’t also have a plan to review it, assess your progress, and make adjust­ments. Don’t waste your time cre­at­ing a plan for next year if you don’t end it with clear objec­tives for each quarter.

At times, I have failed in this way with my own com­pany, Build­ing Cham­pi­ons.

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Are You Spending Enough Time?

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

That was the ques­tion Greg Sal­ci­c­ci­oli asked me last night, just moments after we wit­nessed the mar­riage of his old­est son Nate.

One year ago, we also had the priv­i­lege of attend­ing their younger son’s wed­ding. Greg and Dianna have two sons, and now in the last year they have gained two daugh­ters. As Greg asked me the ques­tion, he was look­ing at my four kids who were stand­ing behind us, engrossed in a con­ver­sa­tion of their own.

My off-the-cuff response was, “Yeah, I think so.” I have been work­ing hard and play­ing hard with them, and I think we are get­ting plenty of time together. But when I woke up this morn­ing, I was still pon­der­ing Greg’s ques­tion. Am I spend­ing enough time with my kids?

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