No Complacency

Strategic Insights

Complacency
is the disease
of the
successful

The unsuccessful don’t have time to be complacent, they are too busy trying to dig themselves out of their current hole!

It’s the successful who are at risk, buoyed by self-belief!  And, the point of peak performance is often the point of maximum jeopardy – when the successful team start to believe that they have the Midas touch.

Meanwhile, as the illness sets in at the leader, the competitors are planning their attack – to steal the sales, customers, profits and jobs of the diseased “winning” company.

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the point of peak performance is often the point of maximum jeopardy – when the successful team start to believe that they have the Midas touch.

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To beat complacency, leaders and teams must be obsessed with continuously creating competitive advantage and becoming 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸’𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. It’s not easy because it requires:

  • a commitment to continuous change and evolvement
  • constantly challenging yourself to improve
  • potentially questioning some of what you hold dear

Even as you deliver your best ever results, it is vital to be asking “what’s next?” How will you ensure that the competition remain breathless trying to keep up?

You should be able to list a series of key initiatives that are currently in play. Not minor tweaks!  I mean substantial developments that will evolve your products/services and markets – and create “clear blue water” between you and the competition. If you are not, be sure that they are!

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