Leadership - Putting the Pieces in Place

Have you ever tried to put a puzzle together when some of the pieces were missing - particularly the corners? ...Ever tried to put a puzzle together whose pieces were randomly gathered from multiple puzzles? ...Ever tried to put a a puzzle together that whose pieces were contained in the wrong puzzle box - i.e. that had the right pieces in the box but the wrong picture on the box?


It's not that such puzzles are difficult to put together, they are more likely than not impossible to put together! ...IMPOSSIBLE!


Picture puzzles are two dimensional and static. Life is three dimensional, dynamic, ever changing and evolving.


What are the puzzle pieces that leaders have to work with? 


They have an intangible vision - consider it the picture on the cover of the box. It's a picture that only the leader can see. It's a picture others will need to assemble.  


They have passion, strengths, competencies, values, voice, and purpose.


What they need are resources, rules, behaviors, and consequences. They will need to be created or acquired. 


Every piece is important. Any piece can prevent the whole from coming together. Its an all or nothing proposition with real risks in play - its all on the line. 


If the leader has never worked with these pieces before the effort is uncertain, the risks are exponential, and the results incalculable.


Successful leadership is about getting all of the pieces and getting them just right.


What's your vision? Got pieces?


All the Best!


Bob


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