Wooden's Wisdom - Volume 13 | Issue 677 |
Craig Impelman Speaking | Championship Coaches | Champion's Leadership Library Login | |
"HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH UNCERTAINTY?" (LIZ WISEMAN AND JOHN WOODEN) Uncertainty can create fear and hold people back from acting. Coach Wooden had two great fundamentals to prevent uncertainty from having a negative effect:
In her bestselling book, Impact Players, Liz Wiseman describes the value of this attitude in today’s workplace, when describing high performers (Impact Players):
"When dealing with uncertainty , while others are freezing, Impact Players are getting their arms around the chaos. They venture beyond their assigned job to tackle the real job that needs to be done. An average employee waits for directions. An impact player steps up and takes action.
Sometimes the most important work feels as though it is everyone’s job yet no one’s job. This leaves some employees with uncertainty: Should I stay in my lane, do my job, and attend to my duties? Or should I leave my post to pursue work in no-man’s-land? If the latter, how can I make sure I still excel at what I’ve been assigned to do?
Today’s leaders don’t need more dependents, they need extensions, more eyes spotting opportunities, more ears listening for unmet needs, more hands solving problems. We asked a group of managers what employees’ behaviors they most appreciate. Their number one response? "When people do things without being asked."
Coach Wooden put it this way: "The worst thing you can do when action is needed is to take no action at all."
When faced with uncertainty do you take action?
Yours in Coaching, Craig Impelman
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The Lonely Old Fellow The roses are bedded for winter, the tulips are planted for spring; Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959)
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