Who’s on your leadership team? Who are the leaders in your business? If you’re like a lot of business owners you’ll look around and see a lot of leaders that look and act just like you. When you have meetings do they run smoothly because there is no conflict or do they run smoothly because you have a plan and everyone knows how to handle conflict?
If your meetings run smoothly because there is no conflict, this can be a sign that you have a team of individuals who all think like you and that can be a problem. If you’re all looking at the same thing the same way you might not see that competitor coming in from left field or the new company to the right.
Make it a conscious decision to expand the membership of your leadership team to include individuals who are not just like you.
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Jane Lovas, CEO of Lovas Consulting, works with overwhelmed business owners who feel that they have lost their vision and their companies are not growing as fast as they want. Jane helps them clarify their vision and share it with all employees; building engaged, energized, innovative companies and creating abundance for all.
Jane is also one of the co-authors of Seen and Sustained: Best Practices in Communication that Increase the Visibility of Small and Diverse Businesses.
Additional information is available at www.lovasconsulting.com. Contact Jane by email jlovas@lovasconsulting.com or by telephone at 703.594.6028.