The October edition ofIdeas!, an email newsletter by staff of theSonoma Institute, offers 11 tactics and tips from going fromgood to greatat the individual level. How can leaders become — or remain — the best?
- Define your standards
- Define your industry and focus
- Identify the standards for being the best that are common and consistent throughout your industry or community of focus
- Decide whose assessment matters
- Recognize that you can only be the best within a relatively narrow range of focus — you are and become what you practice
- Being the best means having discipline and rigor
- Embrace change as a gateway to innovation
- Recognize that, at the end of the day, it is all about relationships
- Be willing to step outside your history and comfort zones to repeatedly declare yourself a beginner
- Manage commitments and energy, not time
- If you want to be the best, have a vision, walk your talk, be authentic, and have courage
What advice wouldyouoffer leaders looking to become the best? What have you done yourself?