Welcome back!

Colleagues,


Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were restful and rich in family, friends, love, and laughter.


I hope you have set some leadership growth goals for yourself already, but here are some critical questions just in case:

• Did you become a better leader last year? 
• How much better is your leadership today than it was 365 days ago?
• Have you identified a focus area for your own leadership development this year? 

If your leadership doesn’t get better every year, how can you expect your organization and those around you to get better?


If you could improve your leadership by 10%, how would that impact your organization?


What if a 10% improvement in your own leadership translated into…

• 10% more effective use of resources, 
• a 10% increase in efficiency, 
• a 10% improvement of quality, 
• a 10% increase in people’s skills, 
• 10% better outcomes, 
• and a 10% better organizational culture?

Over the next two weeks, we will look at seven(ish) strategies for continually improving your leadership. 


The strategies can be used independent of each other, but we will also consider how to tie them together. If you think this year is going to be as crazy as last, just pick a couple of the strategies that work for you. If you are determined to invest time into your own development this year, then consider embracing the strategies in a more systematic way. Either way, this should be fun!


Cheers!


Frederick