Leadership Spring Cleaning

Every so often, we need to look behind things and give our leadership a thorough cleaning.

There are boxes we need to open and move around, trying to remember why we have them. We may have received gifts, and have forgotten why we kept them. There may be things we have put away because, “you never know when we might need that.” We may have held onto something that no longer works, thinking “I will get around to fixing that someday.” We may even have things we did not really want, but someone gave them to us anyway. They have become clutter, getting in the way and holding us back.

Our leadership may have become too settled, too routine. It may be time for us to mix things up in a new way. Our leadership can become more interesting, more creative when we clean things out and start fresh.

Spring cleaning is a great opportunity to ask ourselves questions which will help clarify things.

How many copies do we really need? Why are we keeping these things? When will we ever really use this? Where can we make room to add the leadership skills we want to develop?

This may be the perfect opportunity to clear the cobwebs out of the corners of our leadership. We can empty the boxes we are storing and clear away the accumulated dust. There may be someone else who will use what we are merely holding. What we do not need or do not use may help someone else.

Now may be the time to recycle and convert clutter into something new. This could be our chance to upgrade our leadership.

Where will you do some leadership spring cleaning today?

What leadership habits will you put on the curb this week?

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