What is your team rolling the dice on...Preference or Process?

Sacrifice pride to a process, and you'll experience progress.

Every time your team takes the field, the boardroom, or the stage of whatever it is you do, ask yourself this question.

Are you rolling the dice on personal preference or a vision-driven process?


Leadership requires the willingness to take risks. The problem with that statement is that immediately we associate risk with craziness. We think that means doing something irresponsible. 

The harsh reality for some is that what they are doing isn't working, and they keep doing it because they've convinced themselves it's the responsible thing to do. 

I'd argue that for some teams...the risk they need to take requires a commitment to a structured process. If everything you've tried flying by the seat of your pants isn't working, there is a common denominator in all of your decisions.

Preference.

Personal preference breeds predictable chaos.

No matter what kind of team you have...
Athletic.
Corporate.
Ministry.
_____________. (fill in the blank with any team of people)

The risk you may need to take is trusting a process. Trusting a vision. Trusting that the person on either side of you will do the same. Because trusting in preference has gotten you nowhere.

And any team that turns a corner is always led there by someone who was willing to go first. Not because they had a guarantee of success, but because they had the guts to stand up and admit what currently is, stands in the way of what should be.

#LeadersGoFirst

​Teams full of them finish first.

Roll the dice.
Take the risk.
​On a process, not preference.