The year 2014 is a
remarkable one with a lot of ups and downs which manifested in form of
challenges and solutions, obstacles and breakthroughs, disappointments and
success-stories and so on. It is however note-worthy that the outcome of the
year is the reflection of the choices that were made in it because the choices
that we make day in and out have a way of making us in return.
Looking ahead to the
forthcoming business season of 2015, everyone naturally will wish it be better,
fairer and smoother than the passing 2014. It is important to identify what
will promote the wish and turn it into a will. The greatest success-stories
have come from the people who understand that team-work promotes greater
achievement has outlined in the circulated affirmation: TEAM-Together Everyone
Achieves More. Get positioned to achieve more as you digest and implement the
seven (7) team building must-dos before the final closure of the season.
1.
Review, Refine and Refresh your Goals: Reviewing the performance of the goals you expected
to achieve in the passing season, measuring the positive or negative deviations
and doing a “Root-cause analysis” of the deviations is the first home-work for
all. Productivity analysts have confirmed as much as it is important to write goals,
it is more important to keep the goals in view. There is a striking difference
between goals and vision, and it is this: Your goal is what you purposed to
achieve while your vision is how you see what you purposed to achieve. As much
as it is important to write the goals, it is equally important to keep it in
view and develop the attitude of keeping it as a mission. Mission is the
mindful advancement for what you purposed to achieve. Refine it where necessary
and keep it fresh in your mind.
2.
Renew Your Commitment to Personal Development: Decision for personal development is fundamental
for any worthwhile accomplishment. The greatest of all capital is not financial
capital, it is not also theoretical capital but it is human capital and this
confirms the saying that “your greatest investment is the one you made to human
development” as true. It is good to decide to develop but commitment to the
decision is vital. Decide and take massive actions in the direction of what
books to read, what trainings to attend, what functions to fulfill and so on,
then keep the commitment to the decision new.
3.
Classify Your Cycle of Influence: The famous and influential author and speaker John
C. Maxwell in his book “Talent is not enough” emphasized the importance of
identifying the contributions that are made to the quality of our lives as we
relate with different types of people. He further pin-pointed the five (5)
classes for different persons in all relationships as follows;
(i)
Refiners:
Refiners are people who seek to bring out the best in you but not in a very
palatable manner. They are mostly disciplinarians who care more about a better
you and are not dissuaded by the pains and rigors of been better.
(ii)
Refreshers:
Refreshers are those whose company always keep you fresh, they combine sense of
humor with strategic conduct that improves you. Refreshers tolerate the
expressions of your views than refiners does.
(iii)
Reflectors:
These are people who neither add value to the quality of your life nor reduce
it. They simply reflect who you are back to you, they help you see your real
self and that is where they stop.
(iv)
Reducers:
Reducers are those whose every interaction reduces you in one way or the other
either by making you lose essential values or by running you down.
(v)
Rejecters:
Rejecters are people who for no just cause dislike you. They do not care who
you are or who you want to be. They return smiles with frowns, pleasantries
with ranting and turn your morale downwards.
It
is important to know what category the people in your life falls and reposition
yourself to get the best.
By Gideon Fakolade
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