Stuckedness

Ever work in an organization that felt like it was "stuck?"

Some of the best leaders I know interdict this state of stuckedness by engaging in the following strategic moves:

• Make perfectly clear to all stakeholders -- internal and external -- WHY the organization exists and what it's noble pursuits are.
• Clearly define the roles of those in the organization. Everyone knows how they can, and are expected to, contribute.
• Listen daily to team members up and down the food chain, to get their take on how those pursuits are going.
• Model and insist upon continuous growth and improvement from everyone in the organization, beginning with the head honchos. 

Unstuck is a way better state than stuckedness. The leader moves described above make the folks who revel in stuckedness extremely uncomfortable. By design.

Time to shift into four wheel drive...