Mar 25, 2014

6 Ways To Turn Problems Into Opportunities

You get back to your desk and the next load of problems are already waiting for you. You sit back in the chair and just wish that you had a moment to yourself, you think why does leadership have to be this hard.....

You watch Ted Talks were leaders seem to take problems in their stride...you talk to other leaders at networking events who seem to be so much more in control....

Well, let me share a leadership secret. 

Successful leaders are not more in control; they are more in love with NOT being in control. (Tweet this)

We all have our struggles but successful leadership is because of this struggle NOT despite of it. (Tweet this)

Why?

Our struggles, our problems are tests of our leadership; they test how much we want to be a leader and how much we understand leadership.

They test whether you can see, whether you can understand the causes and accept the challenge of leadership. Successful leaders know this and love taking the test. They look past the problem or the struggle to see the cause....are the problems symptons...

  1. That the team need more leadership and less management?
  2. That the team need more talent management and less thought leadership?
  3. That the foundations of serving the market are not strong enough?
  4. That the values and goals are not clear enough?
  5. That there is a dissonance between what you think you offer and what others expect?
  6. That you have become too insular - that a distance has been created between what you think happens and what actually happens?

We all need to learn to love leadership because of these problems and struggles because as soon as we do, we approach them with a different mindset. We see them not as barriers but gateways to success. 

Problems are an invite from the world to see if really want to be a leader. (Tweet this)

Problems are an invite from customers to see if the brand really is a leader. (Tweet this)

Leading

25 Mar 2014 11:47:40 | Careers, Leadership, Motivation

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