Surviving or Thriving

Organizations, and the leaders of them, often find themselves in one of three types of situations. Treading water, setting sail, or sinking. There’s also a straight duality assessment - which basically blends treading water and sinking into one in the same, leaving setting sail alone – are you surviving or are you thriving?  Take stock in your organization first. Assess your performance and current status (be honest) against this simple metric. There’s not 7 out of 10 here really.  Also, do the same with yourself as a person and as a leader. Self-reflect and take your time. Look at your schedule - are there events, activities and planned items that reflect your growth and growth opportunities and developments and progress?  Or is it filled with stuff that is keeping things afloat.  Static situations of “just getting by” aren’t bad. They’re fine.  But if you stay there, you probably will just end up sinking.