Sunday, July 13, 2008

Do You Like Shiny Things?

A common mistake leaders make is to get distracted from executing their strategic priorities. Management training rarely, if ever, addresses this tendency, but avoiding it is a critical leadership skill.

Leaders too often get distracted from their current work by the next new, “shiny thing.” Just because it is new does not make it better to do than what you are already working on.

You are far better off seeing your current efforts all the way through to the end. The leadership quality of fully implementing your ideas is one of the keys to leadership success.

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