Do you feel like you're always playing catch up and behind the power curve? Are you more reactive than proactive? The truth is being reactive or proactive are choices that leaders make every day, and can be part of the reason why some leaders and managers are more successful than others. Being proactive means anticipating future problems needs are changes. Reacting proactively or reactively may just be the difference of whether a business thrives or fails. The great thing is you as a leader get to choose which leadership style you want to follow. Hi, I'm Rob wood traffic to grow this to and today we're going to talk about three strategies to transform to a more proactive approach and stop reactive firefighting on your operations and projects. Proactive leaders identify necessary rituals, prioritize tasks and manage time by creating a battle rhythm. A battle rhythm provides a structure for managing your most important internal resource your time. Having a battle rhythm allows you to focus on the most important task, pressing issues by showing them when and where you're available to work and solve problems. Understanding that there is a time and place for everything is a key element of a proactive approach. Often, many leaders and managers choose not to have a plan for their projects. They fall prey to reactive management styles, preferring to deal with issues as they present themselves. Basically, they're winging it. Being proactive means having basic plans in place for anticipated problems. Stephen Covey, a renowned leader in leadership and top management talks about proactive people being an agent of change. He says you can choose to be a victim to be reactive or blame others. This is so true, as being reactive doesn't provide us the luxury to look at things objectively, which usually creates and yet was a attitude. In our industry. Being proactive and having a plan is key to being able to manage the chaos. And the last point is to be actively engaged. Active engagement allows you to look forward anticipate potential issues before they become problems. Active engagement is also the process of continuous information gathering so that you can ensure a plan is going well. It also lets you quickly adapt your plan if necessary to create a positive outcome. So if you want to be successful and stop running around fighting fires, you must create a battle rhythm to channel issues on your terms. The key is to continuously look forward, be actively engaged and adjust to plan as needed. Sure, there will be times when you fail to anticipate anticipate a problem. But adopting these strategies will make most of those situations the exception instead of the rule. For now. Let's wrap. Thanks for watching our restoration project Tip of the Week. If you liked this information and want to learn more, visit us at Trifecta growth institute.com to get the latest and greatest training, leadership and coaching industry. Finally, don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook so that you can get more of these great tips and upcoming training course information. Until next week, see you later
