Leadership: It Is What It Is

July At C-Level

Mid-point 2017 has come and gone. This year - like all years, it seems - is rocketing by. The days are getting shorter, we've used up more than half our three-day weekends, and we're closer to Christmas than to President's Day.

Yes, we're in the home stretch; are you halfway through your key plans, objectives, and targets for the year? If you are, great! If not, it's time for real, actionable effort if we're going to see success on those goals and objectives we set for ourselves and our teams.

But don't forget, over the next several months, we have to keep one eye trained mercilessly on 2017 success, with the other equally focused on 2018 planning. That never-ending circle of life in our business world...

Make it a point to closely examine a few things right now:

Take clear stock on 2017 goals and objectives; ensure

those that are really important get the resources they need - now.
Start doing a 2017 autopsy: what went well, what didn't, and why.
Begin clarifying vision, strategy, and directions for 2018 and beyond. Keep in mind the clarity that should come from your assessment of 2017 activities.
Don't forget to consider the leadership skills - new and existing - that are required to move forward. Bad place to go short-sighted.

My daughter is fond of saying, "If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute." That may work when using the PDOMA method of writing a blog post, but it makes a really lousy business strategy.

Don't get caught later in the year with not enough minutes on the clock; in the immortal words of Larry the Cable Guy... Git 'r done!

Call if we can help in any way.

Survey Says...

Triangle Performance LLC's 2017 Survey of Senior Leadership begins now!

This will be our tenth year for the annual survey; the participant rate continues to grow, as does the validity and direct applicability of the data presented. You should receive the survey link in an email in the next few weeks, or you can click here to take the survey now.

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