09 Mar The Navigating Partnership
These are the types of questions that Navigating Partners ask:
- Where are we going?
- Why are we going there?
- Why can you count on me to get us there?
- What can I expect from you?
- How can we harness and enhance out combined talents, passions, and skills?
- What’s our plan of action?
- What resources do we need?
- How will we handle conflict and differences of opinion?
- Where can we take charge, make things happen, and self-initiate?
For Navigators, “the buck stops here” and “If it’s to be, it’s up to me.” Navigators don’t get caught in the blame game: “We got screwed,” and “It’s not our fault.”
Navigators examine what happened, critically analyze root causes, are hard on problem, and make corrective actions.
Navigators don’t lament and wait to be emotionally devastated. They know that action is the best antidote to anxiety and uncertainty. Navigators take actions, learn from their mistakes and never give up. They may call a “time out,” take a pause, and reflect. But it isn’t to lick their wounds. It’s to re-energize, re-focus, re-execute, and move forward.
As Wayne Gretsky once responded when asked what made him such a great hockey scorer, he said “I never skate to where the puck is. I skate to where it is going.”
Bottom Line
- Create a shared vision.
- Commit to shared personal responsibility.
- Learn from your mistakes.
- Give up blaming (especially each other).
- Success is the best revenge.
- Keep moving to your future.
- Get a backbone.
- Doing something is better than doing nothing.