Driving Outcomes by Leading with a Sense of Urgency The only guarantee at any time, or anywhere in business, is change. Leading with a sense of urgency means you keep your finger on the pulse, in a time where the only predictable variable is change, can your business afford being complacent? Effective leaders know the pivotal role that a sense of urgency plays in their business success. Yet many leaders have trouble getting their people to work with a sense of urgency. Leaders often set up urgent type cultures and are oblivious to the power of working with a sense of urgency that moves things forward purposefully. Today, let’s examine what it takes to instil a sense of urgency in the workplace and who do you need to be as a leader of that kind of workplace. Urgent behaviour causes chaos Can you remember a time when you left something to the last minute because you forgot or were avoiding it altogether? Did you feel dread, panic and stress when you realised that you had to pull yourself together and get it done now? This is a result of work that was due yesterday, sending us into panic mode. When […]