2 weeks ago we received word that some friends of ours were closing their local business. A week ago, we said our goodbyes to another couple who sold off most everything they owned and left town to go live in a borrowed house in another city. We continue to watch helplessly as close relatives teeter on the edge of financial ruin.
There are several competing and conflicting theories as to why the dinosaurs went extinct. The one thing that the scientific community seems to agree upon is that a dramatic change occurred and the dinosaurs failed to adapt in a timely fashion.
So - how well do you adapt? How do you react to the unexpected.
If we have learned good adaptive behavior skills, we react to unplanned events or destructive situations in creative and constructive ways. If you are an adaptive individual, you refocus your mind in new directions and make new choices based upon your desired outcomes. You will not only be open to change but readily embrace it.
Talk to anyone who sails and they will tell you that it is not the direction of the wind that is important but rather how well you have adjusted your sails. If an infectious disease is making the rounds, do you isolate and hope you don’t catch it or do you become proactive and seek an antidote? In our current economic downturn, are you choosing to simply tighten your belt and hope for the best, or are you seeking creative ways to be even more successful?
In the architecture world we are doing the best we can to adapt to the new climate. We work on smaller jobs versus the bigger ones, we do inspections for banks, we help realtors to move inventory by sketching possible solutions.
Does Leapfrog Leadership help businesses with solutions, and if so, how?
John - thanks for you comment. I have to say I’ve watched your firm and think you are a great example of what it means to adapt. In addition to the changes you enumerated in your comment, I’ve also noticed you added a blog (http://www.hendricksarch.com/blog) and taken up Twittering. The whole Social Media thing is part of the change that is taking place and your willingness to embrace it should serve you well. When the economy begins to turn around I predict you will be poised to do extremely well.
To answer your question, yes Leapfrog Leadership does help businesses adapt to the changes. The processes we employ are designed specifically to help individuals and businesses define (or redefine) their vision and gain the focus required to be successful.
And the most innovative leaders will know where the flow is going.
Dale,
Great writings! Yes, we must adapt to the changing world as we always have had to do. Only the dead get to stay in their comfort zone. Life has always been crisis to crisis, some greater than others, yet all crisis just the same.
thanks for the great blog on the Republic!!! I do believe many of the politians do know the difference, yet desire to promote democracy to America. Just another attack from those whom we’ve entrusted to uphole our Constitution. Dang it!!! However, we the people are ultimately responsible for the government we now have. And it is up to us to restore the Republic, God willing.
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