Just because we accept where we are does not mean that is where we are supposed to stay.

As leaders, it is important to recognize, celebrate and take peace from what has been achieved and to harvest the wisdom learned.  At the same time, we need to continue defining where we are going long term in a way that engages the team.  Without the motivation and involvement of your team, success at climbing your mountain may be just out of reach.  Keeping the end result in mind will help you as you encounter false peaks along the way to the top.

In gauging progress throughout your journey, consider these aspects:

• Individuals must attend, share, commit, and achieve
• Leaders require the ability to communicate, influence, expand, and attain excellent results
• Teams need these attributes to perform: interaction, trust, mutual accountability, predicting and hitting results
• Processes need to react, manage, prevent, and have the perspective of tactics and strategy
• Vision includes today, this year, 3 years from now, 5-10 years from now
• Culture encompasses the division/team, the organization, the community, the world

Questions to consider:

• Do your leaders and teams know what mountain your organization wants to climb?

• How can your leaders engage and excite their teams about the journey?

• Does your organization have systems in place to measure, recognize, regroup, and celebrate milestones along the way?

If your leaders and teams need help navigating the climb up the mountain and finding their critical path to success, contact our expert guides by calling 800-786-4332, or email ABuchholz@AppliedVisionWorks.com.  Success is in plain sight and only takes 30 minutes to get started!