Awareness is Not Change

Issues.  Challenges.  All fancy politically correct words for PROBLEMS.  We are quick to identify problems or challenges – it takes no outstanding ability to identify what’s not working.  But even if you have acknowledged what is not working, what will you/can you DO about it? I often say that “RECOGNITION IS THE FIRST STEP TO RECOVERY.”  In other words, it does nothing to evoke change in your environment. 

If Joe Star Producer stands up in the next organization staff meeting and admits to being a horse’s #@!* in the way he treats his team of account managers, after we all got over the shock and laughter at his admission, we would not really expect much to change.  In this day of marathon meetings with ambiguous agendas, it is no wonder that we have bred a lot of mediocrity into our language, and in the trustworthiness of our relationships.  We talk a lot but don’t say much.  Our communication is unclear, and therefore, we do little but admit there is “LACK OF COMMUNICATION” present in the environment.

So what can we do to create action where none existed? 

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