Arlene’s Executive Leadership Training Tip
I have been in New York City with my daughter and her family. What an exciting and busy time for all of us as we have a new granddaughter, experienced an earthquake and a hurricane. This explains the absence of Arlene’s Pearls of Wisdom the last two weeks.
This week’s executive leadership training tip will concentrate on serenity as a state of being that creates positivity in our lives and businesses.
Ironically, I would say the last two and a half weeks would appear to have been anything but serene. It reminded me that we really have no control over nature. You can predict when a baby will arrive but never know the exact date or time. Scientists have wonderful instruments but cannot always alert us to when an earthquake will happen. Meteorologists are able to help us know when a very strong storm approaches. They cannot predict where it will land or whether it will decide to change direction or speed until the last minute. Mayor Bloomberg of New York City was very wise when he said, “plan for the worst and hope for the best”. The lesson from all of this is we cannot take control of natural events in our lives but we can plan and control our attitudes and actions about how we respond to them. When business owners and executives plan with this type of perspective, they can expect that the overall outcome will be positive because it comes from a calm response, not a chaotic reaction.
