Each of us has the opportunity to lead where we are, no matter our title or position in the organization and to have a positive impact on others, ourselves and our respective organizations. Skeptical? Then try a few of these actions in the next couple of weeks and let us know your impact.

For decades, leadership was reserved for a select few individuals in any organization. Top-down decision making and command and control management created a performance environment of employee compliance, focused on task completion.

However, an evolution in performance is rapidly occurring. With disruption and globalization impacting nearly every industry and organization, the top-down, command and control performance and leadership models of the past are proving to be too slow and increasingly ineffective.

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.