Fire and forget, is a familiar term if you happen to operate in military flying circles. In the old day’s, a pilot would have to train his eyes and his aircraft on the target, and keep them there for as long as he fired the machine gun or the missile. Today, pilots can fire and forget. The missile has the intelligence to know where it’s going. The pilot can fire, forget, and train his eyes on the next mission or enemy aircraft.
Leaders, oftentimes, assume they can hire and forget. They assume because of experience, industry knowledge, or simple laziness, they can hire pre – loaded heat seekers and target hits will follow. This would be great if it were, in fact, true. Sadly, this doesn’t work so well with humans. Humans are not like missiles. Humans are NOT hire and forget.
We want to know that we belong. Not some of us, but all of us. We want to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. We never bring our best when we are left ALONE. We all want to feel included, needed, and, oddly, claim our independence in the same breath. Yes indeed, we’ve got issues. We are not machines and we do not perform well when we are left unattended. Hire and forget, with humans, will NOT work.
Remember, a collection of individuals, teams, and leaders do not become ONE with common knowledge, common experience, and enough time together. They become ONE, only on rare occasion. They become ONE, only if someone has the clarity, conviction, confidence, and the competence to transform with them. They become ONE, only when one is willing to lead the charge and practice toward this purpose. Transformational leaders understand this truth. This is where the heart of performance lives for any and all human systems. Want a team of heat seeking missiles?
Forget the notion of hire and forget and buy, actually, sell out completely, to the notion of becoming BTL. AND, together we will awaken, challenge, and transform individuals, teams, and leaders into ONE, distinct, deeply connected, and BTL.
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BUILT TO LEAD 