Create perspective!
Many companies lack a real perspective. The author's demands are therefore simple: Create perspective! He explains how this can be done in three points.
What I always notice the most in companies is. the lack of a real perspective. When I ask my typical question "what would you change immediately if you had magical powers and that change was guaranteed to work?" most have no answer at all or a very operational answer.
When big ideas are missing...
Almost no one comes up with a really great idea. At the same time, most of them work for many years in the same company and also have various suggestions for improvement (mostly for the others). What is missing is a real perspective that is worth fighting for.
The good news: we all have the ability to develop great perspectives. Most people have simply been taught it over many years. "Cobbler, stick to your last!"
Learn to dream again
To put it more theatrically, we have forgotten how to dream. And not of any castles in the air, but of achieving great goals. I wrote about this in the penultimate Success Impulse ("Why you should fly to the moon").
The good news: What you verlearns, you can also again helearn And that is one of your core tasks if you want to move anything positive together with others, especially as a leader. How to do it? Here are three ways to help:
- Life perspective. Do you have a vision for your life or at least the next five years? Who do you want to be? What do you want to change in the world? With whom? Why? And so on. Such a vision is your north star, your direction. It guides your decisions. The less developed your own perspective is, the more you will stick to what exists, even if it is not good.
- Awareness. Most people today are so strongly controlled by others that they no longer have an anchor point for developing a perspective that stands on solid ground. We are so busy and exhausted by all the tasks that we often simply lack the energy to develop a perspective.
- Exercise. What you have forgotten, you have to practice to regain it. You can practice this every day. And especially with your team. Practice answers to questions like my example above. Or, "If we were starting from scratch again, what would we do differently? And why?"
So: Create perspective!
An important effect of a strong perspective is the significantly increased attractiveness on the labor market, especially for young talent. This is becoming increasingly important for most SMEs. But beware: You must also live this strong perspective credibly within the company. Lip service only does harm.
To the author:
Volkmar Völzke is a success maximizer. Book author. Consultant. Coach. Speaker. www.volkmarvoelzke.ch
