Can you believe it? We have journeyed through 26 steps together. By now, you have hopefully created a 2012 Plan that inspires you and have sent your draft plan to your Board of Advisors for their feedback. And, with your completion of the previous step (Step 26), you should now have Magnificent Milestones created for each of your SMART Goals.
You are poised for a great year. But, being poised is not enough. I want you to have a great year. And, I believe there is one remaining factor that will determine just how successful you will be in 2012. That one factor is the quality of your Support Team. Winners surround themselves with All Stars.
No matter how great your Support Team was in 2011, I want to challenge you to dramatically upgrade your team. In my experience, success is a team effort. Successful people, in all walks of life, make it a point to surround themselves with people who can speed their success (and make sure that people who will slow their success are kept at a distance).
Now before I share some thoughts with you on what you might consider adding to your team, I want to deal with the number one objection I hear to the notion of putting in place an All Star team. I wish that I had a dollar for every time someone tells me that it is fine for me to talk All Star team but “Dave, I don’t have the money to put in place the right team.”
Well pardone’ my French, but “excuses, excuses.” Yes, I invest a lot of money in retaining certain members of my team. But, some of the most valuable members of my team cost me no out-of-pocket dollars. My MasterMind partners cost me no out-of-pocket dollars. And, my mentees, from whom I learn so much, cost me no out-of-pocket dollars.
Truth is that where this is a will to have an All Star team, there is a way. Second truth is most people would rather not have an All Star Support Team because they really don’t want the accountability that comes when one surrounds themselves with winners. Yes, ACCOUNTABILITY. Winners like to be around other winners. So, unless you are prepared to bring you’re A game consistently, you may indeed have difficulty recruiting and keeping in place an All Star Support Team.
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Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact: Andy@CRGLeaders.com, 239-285-5575
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