I don’t always come up with the best ideas. Because I’m a student first and a teacher second, I’m always learning, listening and growing and when I hear a great idea I share it. The other day my friend, colleague and JG Certified trainer Chad Busick said to me, "You know Jon since your new book is The 7 Commitments of a Great Team, you can implement a commitment a day for an entire week." What a brilliant idea! Simple is powerful. Clarity leads to focused action. Focusing on one commitment a day is something we can all do and when we put it into practice as a team, we will see measurable benefits, better teamwork and exponential growth. Monday: Begins with committing to the vision and mission. Discuss your team’s vision and mission and set the intention to commit to working towards them this week. Remind each other what you want to create and the mission you are on together. Tuesday: Focus on committing to staying positive through challenges. Even though you have a vision and mission, obstacles will present themselves during the week. Today is the day you tell each other we are going to overcome, persevere and find a way forward to achieve our vision and live our mission. Wednesday: Commit to giving your best. You may not be at 100% but as I wrote in the book, you can always give 100% of what you have. Giving your best on hump day will give you momentum for a strong finish to the week. Revisit the Giving Your Best Formula on page 53. Thursday: Commit to connecting with each other. A team that stays united is strong. A team that becomes divided is weak. Make an effort today to connect with your team members one on one and collectively. Don’t let busyness and stress and the craziness of the weak keep you from building bonds of trust that will make you stronger. Friday: Commit to each other. Focus on serving your team members. How can you serve each other? How can you help each other? How can you sacrifice for each other? While the goal is to do this and the other commitments every day, this is the day you will put an even greater intentional focus on. Saturday: Commit to getting better. Evaluate the week. What did you do well. What can you do better? What did you learn that will make you better? Reflect on your own performance, the performance of your team and prepare to encourage and also challenge your team the next week. Also identify any difficult conversations you may need to have with our team and prepare to have it. Sunday: Commit to valuing each other. As you prepare for a new week think about your team and see the value in each one of them. When you value your team you will want to put the other commitments into practice. If you don’t value your team you won’t want to commit to them. So there you have it! 7 Commitments! One a day that will keep bad teamwork away. Of course, you can mix up the order of the commitments however you want depending on your team and work schedule and which days you want to implement a specific commitment. Every leader and team is different and I want you to do what works best for you. Have a great week! Lead Positive, -Jon P.S. Get the free 7 Commitments Action Plan when you get the book. They will help you and your team go to the next level. | 