I met with ‘Amanda’. Her main leadership challenge for the week was, “How do I make room for the Big Rocks? I just can’t seem to make it to the things that really matter.”
Where are your leadership leverage points?
All leaders I work with crash in to this one barrier: their own physical limitations. All of them are completely committed to their work, and work hard to achieve goals. Too hard. They often sacrifice their own health to get the job done. Stress, poor sleep, poor nutrition. It all takes a hit.
If we are going to make a massive impact, truly implement transformational leadership, there are two things to consider here.
Limitations
Leverage Points
Limitations
We need to be absolutely committed to OPTIMISE our limitations.
We optimise the limitation of TIME with productivity strategies.
We optimise the limitation of SLEEP with routines and environments.
We optimise the limitation of FOCUS with conscious, selective attention.
We optimise the limitation of HEALTH with nutrition, gut health, and exercise.
Leverage Points
This is where most leaders miss the boat to extend their vision and commitment. It takes dedication and a long term view.
Here are 7 leverage points to consider:
Leveraging your leadership points table.
Leadership sacrifices to avoid
In working with Amanda and other leaders, we had to focus on OPTIMISATION strategies before we could even touch the AMPLIFY strategies. If we don’t have the energy to focus on the little things, we certainly won’t have them for the big things!
How about you? How are you doing with your optimise strategies? Have you got these handled or still need improvement? How about the amplify strategies? Which ones will make the biggest difference to your leadership and influence?
These are the fundamentals we will take a deep dive on during the Edge of Leadership UnConference March 21-22, 2019.
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About the author, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted staff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.