“All you can do is learn good to balance the bad. Learn and do all the good within your reach. Then, if you wake in a sweat, you have something to set against the dream.”— Tamora Pierce
The equinox was yesterday. The sunrise came as expected, splitting the night from the day in a perfect balance. In the Northern Hemisphere, it brought summer to a close and here in New York, it ushered in a season where the leaves will be painted with the glories of fall.
Whether your part of the globe is turning toward longer or shorter days, this is a perfect time for a pause to look at the bigger picture of leadership.
Here are four leadership questions for you to ponder:
- Is the work you are doing building your skills?
- Are you leading your projects in a way that is building the talents of the team’s members?
- Are you and those you are leading doing the work in a way that will exhaust them by the start of 2020 or in a way that will have them leaping into the new year with momentum?
- Are you having fun with your leadership?
It is my observation that those leaders who answer the first three questions with a strong “Yes!” are almost certainly having fun while leading. If they answer no, it is less likely.
I encourage you to work on moving all your answers to a “Yes!”. You will find that the value you provide to those around you, your company, and your customers will grow.
Yours in the calm pursuit of excellence,
Alan Willett
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