Lead Where You Are - 2020: A Career Year
It’s now December 31, 2020 and another year has just flown by! You are at a New Year’s party with family and friends, reflecting on this past year and the start of a new decade. You mentioned to the group that 2020 was by far the best year, professionally, you have had. They asked, “What made the difference over other years?” You told them that you make a conscious decision last January that 2020 was going to be different; that you were going to take more control of your career, your performance and the impact you would make.
You decided to lead where you are, not wait for others to manage you and your activities. You listened to the direction of the organization and you proactively asked your manager what success would look like in 2020. You aligned your personal plan and worked with renewed purpose to achieve that success. You set expectations with your manager and each month connected on your results and your planned actions for the next month. In other words, you reviewed your performance each month, not your manager reviewing your performance at the end of the year. You took control of your performance, good, bad or other wise, and did something about it each month.
Instead of waiting for change to happen to you or trying to “manage” it, you led it. You saw possibilities for change, not obstacles and barriers. You viewed your work differently and acted with urgency to make the change happen by creating options and making proactive recommendations.
You led with personal accountability no matter the circumstance. No excuses, no blame, no justification, you just did what was right. You cultivated more authentic relationships by getting out of your daily world to understand others’ view of success, their obstacles and barriers, so you could align your actions and activities to better achieve team success.
Bottom line, you stepped up and intentionally made a difference in 2020. Making a decision to lead where you are, not waiting for things to happen, but making things happen made all the difference.
Now back to January 2020. Are you ready to try something different to make a difference?
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