The Drive to Succeed

So you have the plan, you have the people and the resources. You decide to implement the plan and it all starts wonderfully well then you hit your first problem. People begin to lose their optimism, some vote with their feet. The problem is overcome and you are on the road to success again. Quickly you become aware that a competitor is a little more advanced and on the same track. Just another problem you need to overcome by increasing speed and in increasing speed you increase pressure on yourself  and your team. You overtake and boom. you hit a technological problem that requires a redesign. Some of your staff can’t take the increased pressure and leave.

This scenario is a common one and it often causes undue problems  and sometimes project failure because people are stuck in the present. There are two ways to help overcome the lack of drive. The first is maintaining and strengthening the vision as you progress. the next  which is as important and often forgotten is to regularly review how far you have come.

The drive to succeed has lieutenants known as the past and the future and the clever leader will optimise both.


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