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October 12, 2015

5 easy ways to clear the clutter in your way

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5 easy ways you can clear the clutter in your way.

If you are trying to get through a door 25 feet away and there are 25 people in front of you all vying for position; how effective are you at achieving your goal?

If you are trying to calm your mind when you have monkey chatter and thousands of thoughts spinning around your head, can you achieve a meditative state?

If you have a new business plan you want to implement and there are conflicting messages in the workplace and internal roadblocks facing you will you be able to reach your goal?

Exactly.

Executing anything when there is clutter in your face is virtually impossible.

Effective execution requires that you cleanse the environment of clutter. Clutter that diffuses energy necessary to move ahead.

This is the clear-the-clutter process:

▪️Define 3 or 4 key tactics that must be achieved if you are to make progress on executing your strategy. This is not a grocery list of things that could be done; rather it’s a selection of the critical few things that serve as resource allocation criteria and as beacons of progress;

▪️inventory all communications programs in the organization. Examine every piece. Is it clearly aligned with and critical to understanding the strategy and what is needed to play your part? If “yes” keep it; if “no”, it’s clutter so dump it;

▪️Inventory all major projects; defer those no longer in line with the first point above;

▪️Spend copious time explaining the strategy to your frontline; ask them to identify roadblocks to implementation and do what they say;

▪️Appoint a “clutter chief”. Hold them accountable for clutter removal. Pay them on the results.

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 10.12.15 at 07:36 am by Roy Osing
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August 10, 2015

Why a divergent stands out from the crowd and is awesome

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Why a divergent stands out from the crowd and is great.

What are you: a faction member or a divergent?

Factions are groups of sameness.

Crowds controlled by a set of rules; expected to think and behave in a calculated way.

A member of a faction is commanded to conform to a predetermined set of societal rules.

They are crafted from a common blueprint; stamped with the same tattoo.

A Divergent, on the other hand, is an independent thinker that can’t be controlled.

They create their own box to play in.

They are feared by faction leaders because their actions can’t be predicted and they have a disregard for any value set and rule system they can’t identify with.

We need more Divergent’s.

We need people who challenge; who question; who like to be CoNTRARIAN; who are disgusted with the status quo; who are ok with putting it all on the line.

I wonder what a faction of Divergent’s would look like?

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 8.10.15 at 04:35 am by Roy Osing
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July 13, 2015

3 simple ways that great leaders develop successful people

Winners aren’t born, they are created by a leader in their lives.

Someone who creates an environment where others are able to grow and have the opportunity to do great things. It could be a parent, grandparent, friend, teacher, mentor or a boss.

In fact it is normally a combination of “all of the above” where an individual is influenced by a number of other people in different ways.

But regardless of the origin of the influencing leader, they all share three common traits.

Emotion

The leader approaches relationships on an emotional level first; intellectually second. Their actions come from caring as opposed to any other motive. Productivity gains are important, but winners don’t come from influence aimed at enhancing output. The ulterior motive is to help another person, not to use them.

Safety net

The leader provides a safety net for risk taking and experimentation. They encourage trying new ideas without fear of
punishment. They believe that the more tries you make the more success you achieve.

Imperfection

The leader encourages imperfection. They don’t expect perfection. They know it doesn’t exist. Is more concerned with getting stuff done and honing it along the way.

They care.

They commit to others.

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 7.13.15 at 05:09 am by Roy Osing
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June 1, 2015

10 simple reasons a manager is not a leader

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10 simple reasons a manager is not a leader.

Managers are not leaders; here are the differences.

1. Leaders serve; managers control;

2. Leaders disrupt; managers perpetuate;

3. Leaders help; managers order;

4. Leaders empower; managers restrict;

5. Leaders feel; managers are mechanized;

6. Leaders create; managers benchmark;

7. Leaders translate; managers assume;

8. Leaders are passionate; managers are conservative;

9. Leaders experiment; managers conform;

10. Leaders are loose; managers are tight.

Each role is extremely important in any organization

But the two are often confused with one another.

They shouldn’t be. They are distinct.

And don’t assume your best manager has the capability to be a stand-out leader.

It’s probably not going to happen.

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 6.1.15 at 04:51 am by Roy Osing
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