It is this moment that counts
Think of leadership and leaders, then the word inspiration cannot skip your thought. A team may not always be able to achieve its goal by setting clear objectives, training, execution, consistently monitoring and measuring the path to success.
There are times when the entire team may doubt their own potential to acheive the target/goal. Despite all the efforts of working to the plan and working hard, the dream that everyone believed suddenly starts to fade due to one big obstacle. Moreover, the track record and history at overcoming this challenge also many a times reflects nothing but disappointing failures.
People often need to be reminded that its a lot to do with the mind than the obstacle itself. Such situations demand the leaders to step in and inspire the team. How do you do that as a leader?
- Show courage & belief in the team
- Remind the team of the dream
- Talk about how hard the team has worked to get thus far
- Tell them that it is this moment that counts
- Make them believe – “we are the best”
- Get into action straightaway
- Most importantly, keep your speech short but powerful
I was inspired to write this blog after I watched the movie “Miracle” that Disney made in 2004. The movie is dedicated to Herb Brooks -the American ice hockey coach, best known for coaching the U.S. hockey team to a gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in an event known as the “Miracle on Ice”. Brooks died in the year 2003 in a car accident. The film states in the end “He never saw it. He lived it.”
Click to watch Kurt Russel’s (who plays Herb Brooks) speech to his team.
