Leaders Need To Stay Focused on The Big Picture

Many organizational leaders seem to operate on a "crisis to crisis" basis, rather than planning ahead and being prepared for possibilities. This challenge is then often multiplied by these same leaders inability to stay focused on the big picture. This means that leaders have to understand what their desired end result should be, and work to create a priority system, completing the most essential components of the plan before having their attention diverted to other problems.

Many children are taught that they should "not sweat the petty stuff," yet many organizational leaders appear to have forgotten this important childhood lesson. While many issues come up simultaneously, effective leaders realize that they must focus on the most important issues first, because if those are not properly functioning, the lesser issues have little to no chance of succeeding. Many leaders seem to lack either the ability or training to be able to evaluate an issue based on its merits, without then going off tangentially to discuss "side" issues. While all these issues may have some significance, this tangential-oriented behavior often causes leaders to fully examine the primary issue first, and resolve it, if possible, without going off tangentially.

Leaders must think, "What do I want to accomplish?"