The 4 Elements of Flight:
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The best leaders are harnessing the 4 Elements of Flight, the others are grounded, whether they know it or not. We’ve used our decades of experience in executive development to create a powerful tool that can help us find out.
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Incorporating the 4 elements of flight – lift, weight, thrust, and drag – into your Strategic plans can help you achieve your goals faster, with less stress.
By focusing on lift, you can identify the key factors that will help your business rise above the competition.
Addressing weight can help you eliminate unnecessary burdens and streamline your operations.
Thrust is what propels your business forward, and identifying the sources of your momentum can help you stay on track.
Finally, drag can cause resistance and slow you down, so it is important to identify and address any obstacles that may be holding you back.
A strength of Michael’s management style is his confidence in the incredible value of applying the principles of “The Freedom Scale.” This simple management tool makes scaling exponential growth possible.
It effectively sets and preserves the lines of responsibility in your company, while freeing the boss to focus on oversight and growth. It’s brilliant!
Discover how fast things can move when your team is empowered to focus on problem-solving.
Allow your team to stretch their imaginations, they will discover creative solutions to their own problems, this management tactic produces more satisfaction than you ever imagined!
Shifting your management and communications style is worth every scrap of your energy.
I teach managers how using the Freedom Scale improves productivity, creates greater job satisfaction, and drives a more successful organization.
Take steps to remove blocks that keep you from your full potential. Create a culture of innovation, learning and growth, recognize individual and team achievements. Consider this, “what gets recognized gets repeated.”
Your results can be better, with less oversight, while improving team self-sufficiency. Cultivate a culture of employee appreciation, recognition programs clearly improve morale.
Regular check-ins, open communication, and clear performance metrics are simple tactics to keep your team engaged and enthusiastic, even during challenges or setbacks.
Ensure such a program is geared towards everyone in your organization.
Organize an over-site committee which includes a cross-section of your workforce to recommend outstanding performance.
Innovative leadership converts to more successes. Beyond just reaching your goals, celebrate your wins. Create openings for greater comradery to build morale and motivate your people to achieve even more.
Employing ways and means to celebrate wins communicates the importance and value of your mission. Birthday and anniversary cards demonstrate you care about your people.
The key is to align your company culture and values with your employees, together on a common vision of purpose and success. Plan celebrations that truly resonate with your team. These will have a positive impact on your workplace.
An annual outing or party provides an opportunity to publicly acknowledge the dedication of individuals and teams with awards.
Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. Keep your motivation in perspective; “For the sake of what, does your company exist?” How does it plan to achieve its goals, and what the business becomes? Sharp vision, mission, and purpose statements provide your company with direction and focus.
Vision describes the desired future state of your company. An inspiring goal of overarching optimism, with an emotionally driven long term destination. It motivates you and your team.
A mission statement identifies precisely what the organization does, and who it will serve. It speaks about the performance of the business, its products, and services and to what end.
A Purpose Statement is an explanation of your company’s motivations, reasons for being, and why it works the way it does. Purpose-driven businesses outperform competitors and attract enthusiastic employees and customers.
A strength of Michael’s management style is his confidence in the incredible value of applying the principles of “The Freedom Scale.” This simple management tool makes scaling exponential growth possible.
Take steps to remove blocks that keep you from your full potential. Create a culture of innovation, learning and growth, recognize individual and team achievements. Consider this, “what gets recognized gets repeated.”
Innovative leadership converts to more successes. Beyond just reaching your goals, celebrate your wins. Create openings for greater comradery to build morale and motivate your people to achieve even more.
Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. Keep your motivation in perspective; “For the sake of what, does your company exist?” How does it plan to achieve its goals, and what the business becomes? Sharp vision, mission, and purpose statements provide your company with direction and focus.
There are four elements critical to your business success: Vision, Mission, Purpose, and Strategy. Once properly in place (and in balance), you’ll get results faster and with less stress.
There are four elements critical to your business success: Vision, Mission, Purpose, and Strategy. Once properly in place (and in balance), you’ll get results faster and with less stress.
There are four elements critical to your business success: Vision, Mission, Purpose, and Strategy. Once properly in place (and in balance), you’ll get results faster and with less stress.
There are four elements critical to your business success: Vision, Mission, Purpose, and Strategy. Once properly in place (and in balance), you’ll get results faster and with less stress.
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