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November 10, 2014

Why having pain is important to have a winning business plan

Why having pain is important to have a winning business plan.

Simply stated: a brilliant business plan on paper will be a dud unless it is surrounded by flawless execution.

What does flawless execution look like?

◾️It is messy and inelegant;

◾️It suffers a multitude of roadblocks along the way; 

◾️It rarely works out the way you planned; alternative approaches are employed on the run;

◾️It burns people out; tons of energy is expended to move an inch forward;

◾️“I told you it wouldn’t work” is a persistent din in your face from some people;

◾️You rarely hear a thanks! for your efforts. You need to be able to work in a thankless world;

◾️Your family forgets your name because you are rarely home.

One word describes a successful execution track. PAIN. You have to endure it if forward progress is to be achieved.

If a successful business plan without execution is worthless. And successful execution without pain is impossible. It follows, then, that a successful business plan without pain is impossible.

I can’t think of a more relevant business planning concept.

Do you recruit people that have a high pain tolerance?

Demonstrated ability to move forward in the face of it? A psychological profile that actually thrives on it?

The ability to teach others how to work effectively with it in their face?

PAIN LOVERS

They will make you successful. Hire them. Worship them. Hold them up in regard to others who hopefully will emulate them.

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 11.10.14 at 04:30 am by Roy Osing
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November 3, 2014

Why great leaders are amazing because they don’t actually lead people

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Why great leaders are amazing because they don’t actually lead people.

How do great leaders lead?

They don’t.

Great leaders serve.

▪️They ask “How can I help?”

▪️They measure their effectiveness by how many barriers they bash for frontline folks; they honour the frontline.

▪️Their calendar has hours and hours of walkabout time on it.

▪️They remember people’s names.

▪️They look for opportunities to ‘attaboy’ people even in a virtual work-from-home world.

▪️They never break a promise.

▪️They see themselves at the bottom of the organization chart.

▪️They eat their own dog food.

▪️They encourage imperfection.

▪️They define progress by the number of tries and mistakes made.

▪️They place the priority on doing stuff rather than on analyzing stuff to death.

Leaders create followers by earning them through the actions they take every day.

Leaders place the heart over the mind….

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 11.3.14 at 05:18 am by Roy Osing
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October 27, 2014

Why busy-ness is used by people as a bloody excuse

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Why is busy-ness used by people as a bloody excuse?

We finish our meal at a restaurant and would like our table cleared of the left-over rubbish and debris.

We wait and wait and wait.

Servers fly by, careful to avoid eye contact with us.

Their response when I finally asked for help: “I would have cleared your table earlier but I was too busy.”

This is a common problem. People today are ‘too busy’ to do the right thing; captivated in their moment rather than focussing on what is right

Too busy to keep a promise, meet that friend for lunch, take the extra time needed to care for a customer or to say thank you to someone who has done you a favour.

Too busy is the rationalization for avoiding what should be attended to.

It also serves the thrill some people get from ‘activity-mania’; they love to chase stuff. They aren’t focussed.

But it’s the easy way out.

Whenever you hear yourself thinking or talking too busy, STOP!

Be ruled by the right thing not busy-ness.

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 10.27.14 at 04:30 am by Roy Osing
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September 28, 2014

Are you manager or a leader? Here are 11 easy ways to tell

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Are you manager or a leader? Here are 11 easy ways to tell.

What you do determines what you are.

▪️ Do you give orders to people or ask How can I help?

▪️ Do you execute the current strategy of the business or are you engaged in determining a new business plan, a new strategic direction for the organization?

▪️ Is your priority productivity and cost efficiency or helping to create mind-blowing customer experiences?

▪️ Are you a rule enforcer or are you flexible to bend the rules where appropriate?

▪️ Do you govern from your office or do you spend a copious amount of your time with the frontline?

▪️ Do you look for ways to disrupt the business or are you content with the status quo?

▪️ Do people see you as a mentor or are you rarely asked for advice?

▪️ Are you invisible in the organization and have no currency or are you regularly consulted on important matters?

▪️ Do you follow orders or question what you are asked to do?

▪️ Do you know the names of your top 10 customers or is that Sales’ responsibility?

▪️ Do you punish for mistakes or treat them as a learning experience?

Managers serve a useful purpose; true leaders represent life or death for any organization

Which are you?

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 9.28.14 at 06:21 am by Roy Osing
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