THAT DAY Strategy – Key to Success
In most of the keynote presentations I give to leaders and educators, I share the following key to success, which I also try to live out in my own life and leadership.
The Key Variable to Success
So often, leaders look for the right program to improve their services or achieve the results they desire. But, truth be told, even the best program is not the key variable in the success equation. Sure, programs are important, but there is a key to success for leaders that is even more essential.
PEOPLE!
That's right, your people make the biggest difference. In fact, according to Todd Whitaker, there are only two ways to improve your school, business, or organization:
- Get better employees
- Improve the employees you have
Think about it. We spend so much time and energy looking for just the right program. Yet more often than not, this doesn't bring about the desired results. Why? Because the people implementing the program aren't motivated or equipped to do so. Even the best program fails if leaders don't develop a good team around them. Simply put, the key to success in any organization is its PEOPLE!
“THAT DAY” Strategy
To help leaders remember that THEIR PEOPLE are their key to success, I share a success strategy that I call the “THAT DAY” Strategy. Here's the educators' version of that strategy.
In order to help students achieve real success, great educators:
- Treat students with compassion, dignity, and respect every day because they never know what day is going to be THAT DAY for a student.
- Encourage, motivate, and positively challenge students every day because they never know what day is going to be THAT DAY for a student.
- Look for opportunities to build up and equip students every day because they never know what day is going to be THAT DAY for a student.
- Earn the right to be heard every day because they never know what day is going to be THAT DAY for a student.
“That Day” is Today!
As Jack Welch said, “The team with the best players usually does win—this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy in developing your people.”
Bottom line, helping the people around you succeed is what truly matters to you and your organization because your organization will only be as successful as the people you lead. Therefore, if you're a leader or educator, invest TODAY in who matters most—YOUR PEOPLE!
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