A few weeks ago I sent off a post: Culture…When No One Is Watching. As usual, a few people sent me notes about it, although, also as usual, no one actually posted a comment. One note in particular has stuck with me: “My minister says, ‘your children may not be speaking but they are always watching.’ ” It came from regular reader and commenter David FitzGerald. Something to remember, you are building culture not only at your business but also at your home by how you act every single minute. There is no place where no one is watching.
While thinking about this I happened to see Ed Whitacre on The Daily Show. He was made CEO of GM a few years ago with the charge to fix it. He shared a bit of his philosophy for success which builds quite nicely on the aforementioned thought. “Get up every day and find a piece of your future.”
Be aware that everything you do is closely watched so if you start out each and every day looking forward and building for the future, others will see and follow your lead. Unfortunately the reverse is also true. Wander around lost without a consistent direction and do other than what you say and others will lose faith in you and realize they can’t trust you and you have no idea what to do.
