Who do you want your team to be? More importantly, why do you want them to be that team? It’s great to know who you want them to be, but the question we often miss is why? It’s the why that’s going to help them get to where you want them to be, otherwise you’re giving them no reason to work towards something.
You try, you fall. That wasn’t the first step. That was the first attempt. The first starts now. Many don’t take that first step. Those that do, will stumble and fall again, deciding whether they should take that first step again. It’s all first steps, all the time. If you think you’re behind you’re not, as you stumble, there are less and less of us willing to take those first steps. Keep stumbling, keep stepping.
You start here. Today. Now. If the group you are with doesn’t want to start, it’s the wrong group for you to be with. If all everyone wants to do is complain about the problem, then go work on the problem. You don’t need to be part of the meeting, and meeting and meeting and meeting to keep talking about the problems. You know what the problems are. Now go and fix them.
The hardest question you will be asked and there are so many ways to get there; Have a workshop – list everything out. Break into groups and build a focus around a problem. Ask each person what their Top 5 issues are, come back together, and go through them. Appoint someone to lead, give them your trust, and let them loose. Ask everyone to write a paper, and review the papers. Get anonymous suggestions from…
Start at the simplest of building blocks. Ignore the symptoms, find the cause, and find the root cause. Being there. It won’t be the popular choice, it will be the needed choice. It’s not the easiest one to make, but it is the one that everyone needs.