7 Ways to win the recovery
Everyone is talking about recovery and most leaders are hoping it’s real. The really clever leaders are getting ready to go at it full on, no holds barred because it represents the greatest opportunity of their lifetime. Here’s how you can too.
1. Lead the shift in mindset
Let people see and hear that you are excited about the new normal, looking forward to the future and the possibilities that will unfold. Be the leader with the positive spin on things, shift to a motivational mindset that sees opportunity and watch as others follow your lead. This sets up step 2
2. Everyone on the same page
Align everyone. Get them on the same page and heading in the same direction. If you have decided to pivot, change direction, introduce something new, make sure everyone else is on board and raring to go.
3. Find how you have grown
Explore the strengths that you have carried through this experience and how they will be useful in making the most of recovery. What new strengths have you discovered and how will they be useful? Make sure you identify all these strengths, call them out, acknowledge them because they will be the foundation of your future.
4. Map the good and the bad
Identify the changes (and there have been lots of them during this crisis) that you want to stick, that will be part of your future and make sure you map how they will be kept in place. Also map the ones you want to get rid of that will be damaging going forward.
5. Create some useful conflict
You need good solid healthy debate to get the best results. So create an environment where people feel safe contributing ideas and feedback so that you can gather as much useful information as possible to create the best recovery possible
6. Fail Fast. Test your new ideas, strategies and structures with a select group of colleagues or customers Get them to pull it apart and put it back together, find out if it works. You don’t want to carry anything into the new normal that has not been put to the test.
7. Get out in front
Be the leaders of the new normal, be the best and good different. Focus on standing out, by being better, being different and being first.
