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Leading any business can prove to be quite a challenge for anyone, but during a recession, it almost seems impossible to some to lead in the right direction without panic striking amongst employees and colleagues. For the new year, there are a couple suggestions below from Harvard Business that may make leadership a little easier for some of you.
Begin by taking a step backwards and reviewing where you and your company have already been, the steps you’ve already taken, the choices you’ve already made. Take a look at how these steps that you’ve already taken have impacted your goal’s and vision in life and business.
Next, define your leadership vision. What is it that you want to accomplish? Where exactly is it that you want to go with your business? What do you want to provide for your employees and customers.
And finally, take the four-way view.
This exercise gives you an understanding of how you are focusing your attention on your four life domains today. It shows how you manage the allocation of your time and energy–the amount of attention you pay to various people and projects in your life–and so helps you assess whether you’re actually doing what you care about doing.
What are you doing to change your leadership in 2009?