Every year around this time, thousands of so-called experts publish their predictions about the upcoming year. Since I have yet to meet anyone with mystical powers nor visitors from the future (well at least I don’t think I have), the ideas and predictions of my annual blog predicting trends for the upcoming year are as valid as anyone else’s. Except, I’d like to think the 235,000+ miles traveled, the 42 difference global clients I’ve worked with, the research I’ve conducted, and the observations I’ve made working with thousands of business leaders and sales professionals provides a practical perspective that others can’t match. But who knows? Let’s revisit this next December.
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Starting today, millions of us in the global workforce will begin a well-deserved holiday break. Because Christmas and New Years both fall on Wednesday this year, many people are going to be able to take two weeks off returning the second week of January, 2020. While this may be a great time to catch up with family, go on holiday, or binge watch that TV show you’ve been putting off for the last few months, your Business Acumen can get flabby and lazy very quickly.
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One of life’s greatest pleasures is learning new things. In the chaos of today’s business world, we are deluged by infinite gigs of information, ideas, emails, books, articles, and new concepts… 24/7. It’s hard to judge what’s good and what’s not, which is why I trust my colleague from Singapore who I co-delivered a powerful GROW Coaching business simulation program with this week in China.
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One of the many amazing impacts that come from the current strength of the U.S. economy and the historically low unemployment levels is the fact that with more people working there are also more new leaders in the workforce than ever before as well. Some of the new leaders have been promoted because they are ready, and some of them have been promoted because too many businesses are so desperate for managers, they have no choice.
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When I first heard that Martin Scorsese’s new instant-classic movie, “The Irishman” was over three and a half hours long it reminded me of the good old days of training when you had five days to tell a story and help participants develop the skills and tools they need to be more effective. But like many longer movie classics those days are long gone, replaced by requests for shorter training programs, self-paced learning, and short bursts of experiential learning that can be accomplished as quickly as possible.
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