Want to simplify leadership at your firm?

Don't follow instinct.

When fear goes up and confidence goes down, the dreaded gap between fear and confidence results in poor performance. Poor performance means bad results. Panic grabs a toe hold and forces change. "We won't reach our BIG GOALS if we don't do new stuff." Leaders scramble to change performance to get new results. "We must do this. We can't do that. We must reevaluate."

This sequence is perfectly instinctive for leaders. Yet, it doesn't work.

You don't change results by simply changing performance.

Instead, first, reverse the gap between fear and confidence.

How?

Don't decide to muscle through wearing your macho leadership gladiator suit through the mess. At least, not yet.

Also, don't finesse your ninja leadership skills that leave everyone wondering what Organizational Management flavor-of-the-month it is now. Put on the ninja hood later, when you really need it.

Instead, try something insanely simple. So simple it will have your board scratching their heads.

Make the decision to have fun.

Say - waaaaaaaahhhhht?

But that doesn't sound right. "Fear is high. Confidence is low and you want us to have fun?"

Yep. Si. Hi. Ney. Da. Ja. YES!

Before you make any decisions on actions you and your team might make, raise the level of emotion to fun status.

This works for the individual. It works in the meeting room. It works for an arena full of 18,000 employees.

Leaders, you can fight your way to better results and everyone will be bloodied and bruised. Especially you when you're looking for another job.

Or, turn the tables and institute a simple decision. A decision that MUST be part of your entire culture. Starting NOW!

Prior to every meeting. Prior to any sale. Prior to any negotiation. Prior to each and every day.

You're the leader. You first. Pick a daunting task and decide it will be fun.

Leaders are in the reminding business. Remind all employees of this approach. Over and over again.

Put it at the top of every agenda.

This is going to be fun!

"Why are you so sure Vince?" you ask.

When you decide to have fun. No matter how counter instinctive this may seem when you're about to do something scary, new, difficult, challenging - you reduce fear and increase confidence.

You'll have reversed the gap.

Reverse the gap between fear and confidence and you directly improve the likelihood of better performance.

Improve performance and you've lead your people to better results.

Simplify leadership. Don't follow instinct. Make the decision to have fun.

Want to know how to make that culture wide decision in a heartbeat?

Here's the best way I know how.