As the summer draws to an end and the kids go back to school, this is a time of year to pause and reflect on what’s happened so far and what’s ahead. Eight months are in the books which means the year is two thirds over. In my role as a leader of leadership development solutions, I started thinking about some of the things I’ve learned and observed so far in 2018 related to leadership development so I could consolidate into a nice blog. Here are 5 things that I think I’ve learned:
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One of the benefits of traveling over 150,000 miles a year delivering Business Leadership, Business Acumen, and Strategic Business Selling learning journeys is that my job presents endless fodder for creating blogs that share ideas and insights about the very topics I train our global clients on.
The story of this blog post really happened, and I am sharing as a learning tool for leaders who need to develop a foundation level of business intelligence within their organizations and teams.
I arrived at the gate my customary 15 minutes before the announced boarding time to check in with the gate agent and to see if we needed any special tags for the luggage. Today, I was flying on a smaller plane and sometimes the luggage fits and some as sometimes you can gate check it and pick it up right as you get off the aircraft.
There is an epidemic sweeping the global business world and it’s called Currentitis.
Currentitis is an affliction that usually starts at the head of the business organization and slowly and painfully makes its way down through the entire body of the company including leaders of businesses, leaders of leaders, leaders of people, and individual contributors.
The symptoms typically start out as relatively minor nuisances, but then over time if they go untreated present themselves as:
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Unfortunately for many large global companies, there are still many misconceptions about Business Simulations that are used for leadership assessments and during talent development learning solutions. Some of these misconceptions include:
- “They take too long for participants to complete.”
- “They are too complicated.”
- “They cost too much.”
- “Customizing them will require a lot of time from my Subject Matter Experts.”
- “If I use a vendor to develop a simulation, that will make me look worthless.”
Extremely successful business professionals in the volatile business world of 2018 get it. The rate of change, the dynamic markets, the geopolitical issues, the amount of information coming at us, and the lack of sleep are all colluding to make our lives as difficult as possible. It goes without saying that if you really wanted to – and didn’t need to eat, sleep, or enjoy time with your loved ones - you could answer emails, work on projects, and develop innovative ideas 24 hours a day, seven days a week and still barely make a dent on the big list of things to do.
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