Two Approaches to Organizational Fitness and Health
How to Be in Charge
Note: (Read with a sarcastic tone.)
1) Be confused. Make this your preferred internal, mental state. Repeat unsettling possibilities, cogitate on doubts and rumors.
2) Prefer discord. Be attracted to drama; repeat troubling ideas to others and paint a picture of a battle that cannot be won, and illustrate how your own team is divided.
3) Do it yourself. Your main focus should be what you, and you alone, can do for the organization. If you don’t do steps, 1, 2 and 4, definitely do this step and you can still be in charge.
4) Focus only on temporary wins. Keep a tally sheet handy and make sure you’re ahead at the end of each day.
How to Improve the Future (or How to Lead)
1) Have a vision. What do you want the world to look like? This is an internal, private stage that comes before all the others. Focus on this relentlessly and try to analyze the gaps between the world’s reality and your vision.
2) Share your vision. This can be done with questions or statements. In this step, you provide input for the “gap” areas, thereby “matching” or standing in the gaps.
3) Build a team. Learn to find others who share your vision by the way they respond to your questions and statements. Ask them to “match” or stand in the gaps with you.
4) Recognize people — on your team or not — for what they do to make the world a better place. Champion those who are making your vision come true. Make lasting relationships and long term investments in people.
