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We all have ambition, we all have a list of things we want to achieve, maybe this week, or this month, or before we turn up our toes.

And yet it’s far too easy to delay, or succumb to fear and then to wait until ‘the time is right’ …when in reality the time is never going to be right. There is just time and complexity in our lives and we have to choose to get on with what is in our heart, or to accept that we will be leading a smaller life.

The same runs with our business. If we have a business goal then we can make it happen. We might have to break the ambition down into stages and tick them off one at a time, or we might have to let go of something in order to create space for newness.

We can choose a path that works for us and any path is just a scar on the landscape, until we step onto it and turn it into something functional.

We can all make it happen …and if we don’t, did we really want it in the first place?

Next week: Psychometric Success

A few weeks ago a colleague was grumbling that a leader they worked with always had a lot to talk about, was full of ideas and made you feel she was really on the ball and supportive. And then there was no follow through and so the promises and commitments failed to materialise. How would that feel to you to be left adrift, after being lead to think things would change?

Leadership is about delivery, but sadly many managers just manage and they don’t lead by making things happen. They fall victim to the ‘Say-Do’ gap and think that leadership is about droning their way through a 50-slide presentation. 

Leaders need to act on their words, deliver on their promises and make sure they retain the trust of their colleagues by meaning what they say and doing what they said they would do.

Saying …builds castles in the air. Doing …builds businesses.

What do you need to do this week?

Next week: Make It Happen