212 - Raising your Game above the Crisis not further into the Crisis
By Bernard Chanliau, Saturday 01 November, 2008
212o - the
extra degree that will make a difference.
At
211 degrees water is hot. At 212 degrees
it boils. With boiling water comes steam
and steam can power a locomotive.
All human structures
wrestle with the reality that life in organisations, however large or small,
carries on at the verge of chaos. But
from chaos, we need steam, not just boiling water. Today power is shifting, and in such
situations there is a mysterious symbiosis between leader and follower - who is
leading and are they actually leading or in reality following, and are they
boiling or making steam?
To handle
this, it important to explore one's own inner swing between survival behaviour
and innovation
behaviour - at whatever level of the business you are in, YOUR
attitude counts. The two behaviours have
very different attributes: in one we try to minimise in the other we strive to
create; one will maintain the status quo, and the other will result in
transformation; one makes us lazy and one makes us stronger; one will steer us
into the bend with the potential of crashing and the other will carve a new
route which avoids the bend altogether.
Which one
do you think will result in the type of transformational change that is
required in our current world economic crisis?
If you have
some critical decisions to make in the next weeks, climbing above the crisis is
vital - whether your crisis feels personal or organisational, 90 minutes out of your day once a month for
4 months could transform your thinking from survival to innovative - the
difference that will help you steer the next corner rather than crash on the
bend.
Did you
know stepping out of your comfort zone at least once each week and create over
50 additional opportunities for challenge and growth each year. That is the seed of personal and professional
leadership.
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212o - the
extra degree that will make a difference
At
211 degrees water is hot. At 212 degrees
it boils. With boiling water comes steam
and steam can power a locomotive.
