High Performance Leadership

How do you measure your results? For those of us in sales, the answer is simple (yet probably incomplete) - revenue. But there's more. For those of us in operations the answer is also easy (and also incomplete) - reducing expenses. That probably includes doing what you do faster, better, and cheaper. Whatever your job, and in whatever field - for profit or not-for-profit, your organization is directly impacted by five key measures. Five financial levers that determine the health or struggles of your team. Revenue - the money you bring in. Gloriously, this number is unlimited. Expenses - managing the money that you spend to stay in existence and produce what you do. Customer Happiness - more than satisfaction the best organizations determine how they can delight their customers and bring joy into their lives. What better way to create repeat business? Team Member Happiness - because happy team members are productive team members and tend to stay with your team much lon...

What's your biggest project? High performance leaders tackle tough projects -- big projects. Projects that make life better, healthier, or more peaceful. Projects launched with big aspirations, big expectations, and the energy it takes to take them on. Think about the biggest project you've ever completed. What made it work? What were the things that you did to propel that project forward? What were the results? Important projects don't always find us -- sometimes we need to launch them ourselves. Projects about things we deeply care about. Projects with outcomes that change the world for the better. What if your life were a series of projects to create a better, more fair, and more healthy world? Wouldn't that be time well spent? -- Douglas Brent Smith Front Range Leadership: Fast, affordable leadership training workshops , webinars , and teleclasses .

What's the biggest project mistake you've ever made? I've been doing projects long enough to have made some big ones. But sometimes it's the little ones that cause the most grief. Little mistakes like forgetting to thank people for their work. Little mistakes like assuming that customer will be delighted by the brand new process or product my project is delivering. Little mistakes like failing to track expenses until they exceed the budget. On second thought, those aren't small mistakes after all, are they? And yet, in each case there were valuable lessons learned that transferred directly into better projects later on. Learning from my mistakes (not that I'm done making them) has powered my projects into more creative areas and kept me on my toes. When it seems obvious, it's probably not. When it seems too good to be true, there's probably a problem lurking under the surface. When everything is on schedule and under budget how can we be sure that ...

Do you agree with Daniel Pink that everyone is in sales? I sure do. I used to resist it. I even resented it. I thought that my work was so much more noble than that. That will keep you feeling superior perhaps but it also keeps you from helping as many people as you could. Why not reach more people with what you do best? That's sales. So here's my sales pitch for today. Each Saturday for awhile now I've been trying this little thing I call Shameless Promotion Saturday. It's what I offer you today: I deliver high performance leadership training. The two primary ways I do that is with one-day workshops and with one-hour webinars. What's your attention span? (and what's your budget?) Either way, you will find the choices to be fast, affordable leadership training. I invite you to email me today here: doug@frontrangeleadership.com ...to find out how these interactive workshops can develop your talent fast and affordably. Supervising for Success  - ...

What if the opposite of your solution is a better solution? How innovative are you? Are you willing to take creative risks? Taking the time to flip expectations can be invigorating. Looking at the opposite of your goal can be enlightening. Life is filled with possibilities, and sometimes we have to sneak up on them and let them surprise us. Surprise! -- Douglas Brent Smith Front Range Leadership:   Training Supervisors for Success

Do you have cool goals? Are they the kind of noble, life-changing goals that make you talk about them all the time? Sometimes. And, sometimes not if you're like most people. It's so easy to let go of goals even when we've been careful to craft them to our liking. Let's do this instead today -- let's pay attention to our goals. Let's make progress. Let's work toward achieving our goals instead of letting them slide into the background noise of a busy day. Give your goals the attention they need and deserve. Think about how cool it will be to achieve them. -- Douglas Brent Smith Are you looking for ways to give your goals the attention they deserve? Attend or schedule our free webinar How To Achieve Your Goals. Contact me today for more information.

Who else knows about your most pressing problem? I'm not advocating that you tell everyone everything that bothers you. But, you know there's a problem causing you some discomfort, right? You know that there's an issue you could use some help with on your team, in your business, in your life. Telling someone else your problem helps you understand what your problem really is. They don't even have to help you. You might even start the conversation with "I'm not looking for help on this, but it will help me to talk it out." Someone you trust. Someone you would do the same for. Someone soon. What's on your mind? -- Douglas Brent Smith Help the people at your organization dramatically improve their problem solving skills by bringing our one-day workshop Solving Problems to your location. Ask me how here: doug@frontrangeleadership.com.