Celebrating Success and the Accomplishments of Your People

We all know that pos­i­tiv­i­ty is con­ta­gious, and grat­i­tude is heartwarming.

Most of us who are dri­ven to cre­ate amaz­ing things in our com­pa­nies and in our lives often don’t tru­ly cel­e­brate. We for­get to soak up the great things that are hap­pen­ing around us, along the way.

Some­times, when win­ning orga­ni­za­tions hit a rough patch, they get caught up in what’s not work­ing. A black cloud forms over­head, and then peo­ple feel as if they’re not win­ning or can nev­er do enough right.

Cel­e­brat­ing the lit­tle things is a big deal.

I’ve seen orga­ni­za­tions that focus on what’s not work­ing and chal­leng­ing peo­ple to improve too much. I’ve also expe­ri­enced orga­ni­za­tions that seem to cel­e­brate suc­cess too much, with­out focus­ing on what needs to improve.

There’s no right for­mu­la. Dif­fer­ent orga­ni­za­tions, in dif­fer­ent stages, have dif­fer­ent things going on. It’s about a con­stant recal­i­bra­tion of mak­ing sure you are both cel­e­brat­ing suc­cess and chal­leng­ing the sta­tus quo.

The orga­ni­za­tions we work with that are the best at this con­tin­u­al­ly cel­e­brate the accom­plish­ments of peo­ple, both per­son­al­ly and at work.

And they often cel­e­brate things that exem­pli­fy align­ment with or progress towards their pur­pose or the next big moun­tain they are going to climb (Jim Collins’ BHAG). They take the time to acknowl­edge the behav­iours that define their core values.

Cel­e­bra­tion is moti­va­tion to do more good things that we know are good and chal­lenge forces us to look at what we can do dif­fer­ent­ly or better.

The Chal­lenge

• Do you have the right bal­ance between cel­e­brat­ing and challenging?
• What could you and your team do to bet­ter cel­e­brate this week?
• What can you and your team do to chal­lenge and focus on what needs to be improved this week?

About Kevin:

CEOs typ­i­cal­ly place their first call to Coach Kevin with a cri­sis to solve. They stay because of his busi­ness acu­men and no-holds-barred, tell-it-like-it-is style.

Kevin’s career spans 20 years, over a dozen coun­tries and four con­ti­nents. He’s worked with hun­dreds of CEOs and exec­u­tives, help­ing them to break through busi­ness chal­lenges, grow their com­pa­nies and find per­son­al suc­cess along the way.

These expe­ri­ences inspired Kevin’s book, Your Oxy­gen Mask First, in which he reveals the 17 habits every leader must know to tran­scend the per­ils of suc­cess, and achieve even more.

About Lawrence & Co:

Lawrence & Co’s work focus­es on sus­tain­able and enhanced growth for you and your busi­ness. Our diverse and expe­ri­enced group of advi­sors can help your lead­ers and exec­u­tive teams stay com­pet­i­tive through the use of var­i­ous learn­ing tools includ­ing work­shops, webi­na­rs, exec­u­tive retreats, or one-to-one coaching.

We help high-achiev­ing lead­ers to have it all – a great busi­ness and a reward­ing life. Con­tact us for sim­ple and impact­ful advice. No BS. No fluff.