Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Problem Solving

Leaders persevere. Leaders go after everything with energy, drive and a need to finish. Effective leaders rarely give up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or obstacles.

Problems are a package deal with change, so leaders will see plenty of them. All human organizations need people who can take care of problems. Pointing out problems is easy in comparison to solving them. Don't let the child get this confused. Complaining is not a constructive act. Identifying the problems is only the first step in the process.

Help your child think about and practice proposing workable solutions to the problems they point out. Find opportunities to let them lead the fix if needed on smaller scale problems to build their capability.

An organization’s results are simply an accumulation of the results of individual people.

Model assuming ownership of problems so the child can see an effective pattern. Let the solutions start with you, so they will later start with them.

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