We just left the “I’ve Got An Idea” session (check out Facebook for some of the ideas shared), but how do you implement all those good ideas and all the other ones you picked up during this week? Bruce Wilkinson shared just that at the closing general session that was fun-filled and energetic.
He reminded attendees that everyone is different, we all came from different places.
“We are all come from different parents, it’s a medical phenomenon” said Wilkinson. “Some people will like change, others won’t but there is one thing that will never change…there will always be change.”
He also pointed out that managing is not enough, you must lead! “Leaders inspired men and women to cooperate,” he said. ”If you can inspire people, you can go back to paying attention to the important things.”
Don’t go back and look tired (we know you’ve been working hard learning this week), but if you give your employees the perception that things are bad with your actions, they will not be able to change it.
Here are some lessons to help implement your new ideas:
1. You are going to have to differentiate to get others to buy into the ideas you’ve learned this week!
2. Take everything you learned this week and created a folder on your desktop and put all your ideas in the folder, by topic.
3. Then prioritize your top priorities. You need to know what you don’t know.
4. Decide if you are going to have a mission statement and stick to it, so you can get others to buy into it.
5. “You want to know how to lose customers in this country?,” Wilkinson asked. “Indifference!”
6. We keep some people to long…if we can’t change people, we may need to change people.
7. You have to understand who you are talking.
8. It’s hard to be a leader if everyone likes you all the time, so you settle for being respected. So, you have to comfortable and confident with being uncomfortable.
9. People remember the message if they remember the messenger.
10. Gather your senior leadership team and prioritize what you are going to implement and how. Explain the how and the why…listen for acknowledgement and way to improve it.
“Change is inevitable, adaptability is optional,” Wilkinson reminded.
He closed out saying, “If you lead and serve others and gain their respect, you cannot lost. If you lead and serve other and don’t gain their respect, you cannot win.”