The Public Relations Blog

Small thinking is stopping you and your company from great things – including public relations

 

The biggest issue I see with most companies is they’re not thinking big enough. 

 

They set reasonable goals and objectives that don’t inspire their teams to stretch. 

 

I’d rather push myself and fall short than work in an environment where I don’t feel challenged. We encourage “failing forward” because you learn and achieve more by allowing yourself to take risks and make mistakes.

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This is one post about company productivity. Read about the Ivy Lee method for more. 

 

I grew up playing sports in high school – specifically, football. I loved being on the field with my team during a game. To me, there's no feeling like it. Eleven guys perfectly coordinated to line up on the field. Then the quarterback snaps the football and chaos ensues. Or does it?

 

Each team member begins to move with purposeful individual actions in order to complete the team’s goal. Some are removing obstacles while others are going downfield to catch a pass. Then the play stops, everyone resets, and they do it again.

 

How does each member of the team always know what each other member is going to do? How can they know how to best support each other?

 

The team huddle.

 

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