LEADING CHANGE: That's RADICALLY BETTER!
Getting ONE PERCENT BETTER every day? How exactly does that translate into REMARKABLE RESULTS?
"Get ONE PERCENT BETTER every day...?"
I've heard this phrase and managers, speakers, coaches, etc. using it since I was a young salesperson. And my question is "HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?"
And HOW LONG should it take to do something REMARKABLE?
To me it’s just another MYTH that maybe sounds OK at first glance.
I just heard it again this week! But it’s NOT how BIG things happen or how individuals accomplish great things.
The EVIDENCE of history, of the Marketplace, just doesn’t support it, and it’s tough even for the best of LEADERS to convey the “let’s become champions” message by getting 1% better.
Becoming UNCOMMON…Becoming REMARKABLE is a fascinating study.
INCREMENTALISM (one percent better) is almost the opposite of REMARKABLE and RADICAL improvement.
When President Kennedy challenged NASA and a nation with the words
"WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON! And we choose to go in this decade!"
I'm pretty sure he was not talking about getting 1% better daily…
It's why I've written about and spoken about RADICAL IMPROVEMENT for decades-The kind of “shoot for the moon” improvement that CHALLENGES individuals and organizations to do something IMPOSSIBLE! And in many cases—THEY DID!
Because “BIG IS AVAILABLE!” History proves it. So why not just go for BIG! Or BIGGER?
What do we do when small steps will just take too long to get there (if ever)?
Once upon a time LIGHT, FLIGHT, A 4-Minute-Mile and a Man on the Moon were all thought to be impossible. But a MISSION and a MINDSET of RADICAL DYNAMIC IMPROVEMENT changed everything.
Back when I started my business I couldn’t live on a 10% increase!
It had to be a 500% or 1000% increase and chances are at some point in your business you did the same.
Yes, it may be easier to believe that something that has happened before can happen again (lots of selling managers believe this) than it is to BELIEVE that something that has NEVER BEEN, can actually BE!
“We’ve NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE…” I’ve heard it so many times over the years from individuals and organizations and clients on WHY this thing or that thing can’t be done.
But when RADICAL DYNAMIC IMPROVEMENT is the goal it’s not about COMPARING it to History…it’s about MAKING HISTORY!
The IMPOSSIBLE is done on a regular and recurring basis today and not because someone got 1% BETTER over and over again.
The CHALLENGE is one that requires BIGGER THINKING, RADICAL ACTION, and Changing THE HOW!
Here’s to LEADING CHANGE that delivers RADICAL RESULTS!
Have a REMARKABLE Week,
Michael
EDITORS NOTE:
Michael York is an accomplished AUTHOR and SPEAKER...as well as the Co-Founder and Host of CETV.
In 2022 He was named “Most Unique Leadership Coach” by Corporate Vision International, and in 2023 was awarded the “Transformation Coach of the Year” by Wealth and Finance magazine.
He is an award-winning CONSULTANT and COACH retained by ORGANIZATIONS for his contribution to the improvement of HUMAN POTENTIAL, PERSONALLY as well as PROFESSIONALLY.
He is the RADICAL IMPROVEMENT CATALYST behind major advancements with his clients over two decades and the EVIDENCE of his EXPERTISE is confirmed by empirical RESULTS, some of which can be seen at www.MichaelYork.com