Insight from the Void - 1006

Sometimes we hear the word success and make the misguided assumption that success or the meaning of success is the same for everyone. The first law of success is having a clear explanation of what our definition of success is, as well as our measure of successfulness.

Some Definitions of Success:
… “Success is the progressive realisation of a worthwhile dream”
– Napoleon Hill.
… “Find out what it is that you are about and do it to the best of your ability”
– Francis A. Nwofor.

Leadership Thoughts -'FAN Laws of Success'

1. Discover your true purpose in life, your reason for being and your means of expressing it.
2. Define what Success means to you, as well as your means of measuring success
3. Specialise in your chosen field of venture, acquire and hone the skill that you need to be highly competent.
4. Have a Mastermind Group, surround yourself with like-minded people.
5. Be Decisive, there is no such thing as a wrong or right decision – make the decision and make the decision right.
6. Be Proactive, you need to be able to notice change and anticipate what it will bring with it and then take actions to put you in a position to capitalise on this new change
7. Exercise the Body to Condition the Mind, integrating body, mind and spirit to act as one.

Leadership Trouble Spot

One area of leadership that I have found to be of constant challenge to organisation is that of achieving corporate success, maintaining corporate success or finding fresh ways to leverage (quantum leap) the success to a new level.

How can Leaders lead their people and organisation towards increasing level of success?

I would like to borrow from the coaching that I give to individuals who are looking to achieving personal success, and align it to business success.
As an organisation you could do with having a clear definition of what success means for you, as well as your means of measuring this success.

In the statement that encompasses your definition, you must touch on the following: The Vision of the Organisation, A Proclamation of the Vision. It is important that both the Vision Statement as well as the Proclamation of Vision Statement (some people refer to this as the Mission Statement) have enough emotional glue to buy-in and bind Acceptance from the employees, as well as facilitate Strategic Actions that will challenge, inspire, motivate and empower them.

In this New Knowledge Economy a major leadership challenge that will be faced by many leaders, would be how to retain, lead, inspire, motivate, and empower the Knowledge Worker. The divide, will be those organisations that are achieving world-class success and those that, well ...

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