What else is on?
At the end of the Truman Show we see Jim Carrey finally break free of the show and leave, and we see the audience rejoice and cheer him on. Then in the film's final moment, we cut back to two of the viewers who, after witnessing Truman's life-changing moment, immediately start looking for something else to watch. They ask What else is on? It's a funny and spot-on commentary on life and how fickle we all are. In many ways your customers and mine are like that. They are looking to us to see what’s next….
The curtain is going up soon on the second half of the show. It feels like we are all backstage in the wings and the curtain is about to go up on Act 2. What will your show (business) look like? Are you cast ready? Have you worked out the plot yet? How will it play out?
It comes down to our state of readiness in ourselves and within our business and the curtain is about to rise….
This lockdown represents both greatest leadership challenge AND opportunity. Over the next couple of days, I will share some thoughts on getting your business ready to return to work.
Today it’s about establishing priorities
What do you need to do? (have you thought through your priorities – are they written or in your mind? Key is to have them CLEAR). Its really important before we begin to cast our vision and thoughts to our team that YOU know very clearly what the short term ‘must dos’ are.
This is your greatest leadership challenge AND opportunity so the question we can perhaps ask is Are we going to be RESPONSIVE or REACTIVE?
When the curtain goes up what does the stage look like? Are we beaten up or ready to put on the show of your life?
Now is the time to be realistic with yourself and your team. Don’t let the fear of ‘what if’ stand in the way – it’s important to ‘rip the plaster off’ and pragmatically face worst case scenario by digging into numbers. If you don’t know your numbers I would encourage you to get intimately involved with them. Review your cashflow contingencies, any loans, overheads. Take time to cost them NOW and not later. Go back to work with a comprehensive awareness of your situation. Rip the band aid off now and expose the wound so it’s not a shock when you do get back to normalised trading
Next blog I will share a few thoughts on your team
Cheers Andrew
