Lesson for the day...

Congruency is an interesting thing in business. As a leader or business owner we are always asking our employees to do things a certain way and expect them to do it. It may be that we want them to track their results and report them, or maybe there is a certain system you have set up in your department or business that you want them to follow.

The interesting thing is...how often do we as owners not follow that prescribed process. It is so easy to tell others what we want done but why is it so much harder for us to apply it to our own job or business?

I had a situation today on a conference call today where that message came through loud and clear. It was a great reminder that what is good for our employees to do is also good for us to do in order to make sure the business runs the way we want it to. I wonder how many times we catch ourselves not doing things the way they should be and let it go. Having the discipline to correct ourselves as well as our employees is really essential to becoming a great leader and building a great company!