Successful goal setting tips for business owners, entrepreneurs, and leaders. Travis Waits empowers his clients to set measurable, attainable goals which lead to increased success. Much talk about goal setting revolves around the ability, or aptitude of the goal setter. This perspective is misinformed because setting goals has more to do with the targeted aim, and the process, then it does the person. Specifically, goals must be realistic, attainable, and measurable. Travis Waits, founder of Amplified Success, discusses key strategies to achieve your goals in a tangible way using these three components.
As a leadership strategy in business, and in personal relationships, are you misaligned? Many successful in business exist in compartments so that they do not translate that success to their personal relationships. Travis Waits, founder of Amplified Success, a Colorado based leadership optimization company provides executive advising solutions.
The disconnect stems because they are not operating in alignment with who they are, from the inside out. Symptoms of this will be burnout, exhaustion, frustration, strained relationships just to name a few.
To correct this, leaders need to have the humility and courage to ask for objective help, coaching, advising that will help them understand what they are doing. Then they can unpack why they tend to show up differently in each situation.
The most successful leaders, both in business, and in community, are those where ‘what you see is what you get’. They are operating in alignment with who they are, therefore, they have the freedom to be the same person in every situation, in every leadership context.
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Leaders on mission have multiple choices how they are going to respond to challenges and changes. One response is to shrink back in intimidation. We see this all the time with leaders who do not hold the line, stick to their decisions, or cave under “popular” opinion of others. Leadership is not a consensus activity, and not everyone will (or should…) agree with you.
Successful leaders who embody their position of influence from a place of authenticity, respond to challenges and changes as learning opportunities. Frankly, they respond with an attitude of tenacity…in other words they don’t give up. They are resilient, they are galvanized through the adversity, challenge, change, whatever. They step forward with courage and continue striving towards their vision because they have an internal conviction, because it is part of who they are.
My middle son helped me be the camera man for this, his first time. You never know when inspiration will hit you, and the gym is a great place that I do a lot of my thinking and processing.
Does your internal conviction for your vision drive what you do? It must if you are going to be successful at leadership. As a leader there are plenty of occupational hazards implicit with your position. You must not allow people’s opinion’s, criticism, judgment to sway you into compromising your vision. Remember, it’s your vision, so no one else will have the same passion and commitment, unless you empower people through your influence to join with you on your mission.
This is so critical in business today, and in your personal life. If you are are a leader then it is your responsibility to guide others towards the mission. People will not just “get it” on their own. It’s your job to bring them into alignment with your vision. If you defer that responsibility to anyone else, you will not just be frustrated, but you will not be successful.
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So often in corporate settings, including business, and non-profit organizations we hear that the ‘leaders’ are the ones with all the experience. The stereo type that the older, traditionalist executive is in charge still permeates much of the business leadership landscape. On the flip side are the “young guns” milennials, gen-Y, (even still some gen-x’ers…) that have zeal and horsepower, but are not being placed in positions of influence.
The baton of leadership is reluctantly, if at all, passed to others. “From my cold dead hand…” (not just at the NRA conference…) someone once said to me. This has created a void and leadership gap that is crippling organizations and business today. Yes, you need ‘experience’ but experience does not give you wisdom!
I had this same challenge when I launched into my first leadership role as a young (20 years old) youth pastor. It took a long time and the double bind argument went like this:
Old dude: “you need to get experience, then you’ll be qualified”
Me: “I agree, I need experience, how do you get that?”
Old dude: “find opportunities in leadership, and come back to us in a few years”
Me: “you’re saying I need to find others ‘willing’ to give me an opportunity for experience’
Old dude: ‘yep’.
Sounds a bit crazy and circular doesn’t it? I’m sure I’ll get all kinds of comments from grey haired traditionalist that think I’m irreverant and don’t get it. Probably, and that’s fine. With my ‘experience’ working with those in positions of power, the rare, good, authentic, and I’ll even say effective ones are those that are HUMBLE, acknowledge they don’t know everything, and desire to work themselves out of a job by equipping those that they lead…so that they can leave a legacy.
To my fellow aged counterparts and those younger guns coming up through the ranks, my challenge to you is this: be humble, watch your attitude, show respect, and be teachable. We need the wisdom of those that have gone before us, they are seasoned and can save us so much headache, if we’ll let them.
We need to partner together with an attitude of co-opetition. The older traditionalist’s need the zeal, passion, and horsepower of the young. Us young guns are more courageous and less apt to tolerate the status quo. More importantly, we will be leading your business, team, or organization someday anyway, so how much better to mentor, equip, train, empower us to do so in a way that continues the success you have built, and leave a positive legacy.
Both sides need to be teachable. Wisdom does not just come from experience. There are plenty of irresponsible people of every age. What I’m speaking to is specifically those that are called, gifted, passionate, about leadership because it’s who they are, not skill, or a role they just fell into.
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A TON of people today are talking about leadership, how to do it, and wanting to ‘help’ everyone else leaders. I actually feel sorry for executive leaders, CEO, and pastors…man, how gun-shy and exhausted they must be from the constant onslaught of people trying “help them.”
One of the things my clients have shared with me again and again, is that it is “refreshing” to work with me because I am authentic and real. I don’t say that to impress or self promote. But you are either yourself or you are not. I’m not impressed with your bank account, what position you hold, how many companies you’ve started…all that stuff points to a certain type of success.
My question to you is, are you living your core values, the who you are, from the inside out? The only way, ever, you will fulfill your magnitude of mission is to make sure you are in alignment with who you are, if not, you’ll never achieve your vision. The leaders I’ve worked with don’t let their suit and tie get in the way of their authenticity.
I get it, lot’s of talk of leading, few actually doing that from the inside out, wholistically. You can’t teach authenticity, it is mined out from doing some very intentional work, and that’s what I empower my clients to do, regardless of their bank account.
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Authentic leaders do the necessary and growth producing work on themselves so that they operate as the same person in the board room, as they are at home with their families. Leaders who put on their armor for business, and make a choice to not be the same person in all situations actually inhibit the leadership and stunt their impact.
Travis Waits, founder of Amplified Success challenges leaders to live in alignment with who they are, tactically empowering them to live without compartments in their lives. If you play the same game everyone is playing, you will get the same result. As leaders our job is to embody what authenticity is and inspire people to follow us, not because of our position or title, but because of our passion, vision, and mission.
What are the roadblocks, that you have created in your life that are stunting your leadership impact? Are you willing to do something different and swim upstream to do the necessary introspection, courageously examining yourself so that you can wholeheartedly function in alignment with who you are? Tough questions. But their are too many leaders posing, rather hiding behind their position, and it’s just a facade.
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When executive leaders cut deals in the boardroom, often they shortchange themselves in their personal lives. Without balance, and operating in compartments throughout the week, they are void of energy to make the necessary changes. Personal relationships are unsatisfying when this occurs, because your emotional and mental gas tank is empty. When leaders compromise who they are, in order to cut the deal, make the sale, or keep the client they will suffer in other areas of their life.
Successful leaders have done the tactical growth necessary to be authentic in who they are, and this is reflected in their leadership. There are no compartments. They are the same person on Monday morning in the bullpen of business as they are at Friday night family time. Their spouse’s (and children) feel valued and pursued.
It is challenging to make these changes in leadership alignment alone. Travis Waits, founder of Amplified Success, a Colorado based Executive Optimization company can help. For any leader who desires to live a more authentic life, in alignment with who they are created to be.
For any leader who desires to live a more authentic life, in alignment with who they are created to be.
Every business, organization, and leader has friends, foes, and fans as part of what they do. As a leader do you cater to only your fans? Or, out of fear or ‘negative press’ do you cower to what your foes are saying. Authentic leaders don’t sway necessarily to one side or the other. If you try to appease or please others, they will drive every decision you make as a leader.
Travis Waits, founder of Amplified Success, coaches the leaders he works with to hold the middle ground. Whether it’s an ally or an adversary, at the end of the day, leaders need to function in alignment with who they are, and not play to the crowd. Now, your friends will always be with you, on the good days that are successful. As well as on the days that are a challenging failure. You’ll know they’re your friends however because their opinion of you doesn’t change, the remain faithful and committed.
The next time you hear some noise from a fan, or even a foe (yes…they never seem to go away…), don’t let the cheers or the jeers sway you away from what your core mission is. Hold your vision tightly, and allow your true friends to encourage you as you continue to strive to make an impact.
CEO of Amplified Success, Travis Waits, discusses how strategic planning for failure is in a companies best interest. All successful business have a strategic plan, outlining how they will meet their revenue objectives, as well as how organizational decisions will be made. The best companies also have plans in place for when challenges, problem’s, or failures occur. This is different than contingency planning.
When top leaders are not shocked by, but rather expect and plan for failure, in particular how they will respond to those occurance’s, it actually turns these failures into successful growth opportunities for the company, employees, leadership, and organization. Think of this as a redemption plan, that is developed ahead of time, in order to leverage any failure for the betterment of all involved.
As people are not perfect having this attitude, as well as tactical plan in place to strategically handle difficulties will increase the success of the company as a whole. People are valued, mistakes are corrected more quickly, customers needs get met more efficiently.
What is the “redemption plan” for your business?
How about, applying this to your leadership, what is the strategic redemption plan for your leadership?
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