6. You have stopped being proactive and now are reactive. Taking the time to correct an inappropriate behavior is a pain in the ass. I know it, you know it. We all wish everyone would just do what they are supposed to do, dont we? Well, it does not work that way. People require course corrections from time to time. If you are the captain of a big Ocean Liner and going from New York to Paris, you wouldnt take off from port, set the auto pilot and assume that all is well and you should arrive at your destination as planned, without checking from time to time on heading, speed, wind and waves, currents and storms. And you wouldnt expect your crew to run the bridge for you. You are the Captain, its your bridge and the ship runs in your direction on your orders. If you are not correcting employee behavior when it needs to be corrected, you are allowing them to run your Bridge. Inappropriate behavior requires intervention and correction immediately. Being silent is the same a condoning the behavior. Take action, identify what is wrong, explain why they cant continue with that behavior, involve them in implementing a new behavior, and end it with an action statement that is time based.

7. When you are not talking about the future, you are trying to correct the past. And, there is no correcting the past. You cant undo time. WAKE UP! There is no time machine and if you could go back what are you going to undo? Your action or their response? Leave the science fiction at home. Start by looking forward. Where you want to go and where you company wants to go. Start with the end in mind! Once you become forward focused, things start to fall into place. Youll see people and resources you didnt even notice before. And the actions required to bring the future to you will begin to take shape before your eyes. See, its not about the future being out there. Its you reaching out and grabbing it and bringing it to you. You are not going someplace, you are bringing someplace within your reach.

Management is active, hard, changing, dynamic, challenging, fluid, fast, future based and NEVER ENDING!

Good Luck!