Managing Hotspots ...
Anxiety storms ...

You know the signs: breakdowns in communication in one department, a sudden crisis in another, chronic performance issues in yet a third.

If every change upsets the status quo -- and it does! -- anticipating and managing organizational hotspots is the first survival skill of leadership.

That’s why the most valuable help an organization gets are leaders who can navigate the anxiety storms without getting caught in them and provide a mature steady presence to move people forward in the crunch.

The challenge ~ managing one’s reactivity to the reactivity of others! Resisting a battle of wills with its endless cycle of debate-and-defend, and instead ...

... put more energy into clarifying your own thinking, first to yourself, then to others about where you stand on the issues, where you intend to take people, and what you want of them to succeed.

The key ~ perspective under fire: the ability to think objectively about the range of responses to your initiative, evaluate each on its own merits, and use this experience to be smarter and wiser with your next steps.

This is the work of leading from the inside out, developing one’s own counsel and direction based on the ability and willingness to learn as you lead and lead as you learn.

After all ...

... It may well be the breakthroughs you’re looking for in others start with the ones you make with yourself first.

Note: Leadership transitions – coming and going --hotspots all their own!

Ask about a reliable ˝ day team process to kick start change as you arrive or sustain it as you depart with less stress and more initiative in place.

~ ‘Just-in-time’ coaching available by the hour too ~