Leaders choose to be solution focused instead of problem focused.
Even with the most thorough and well thought out plan things don’t always go the way you expect them to. When faced with a problem or setback you have to be able to assess the situation, find a way to overcome it, and keep moving forward.
Depending on the size of the problem it could be significant enough to make most people want to give up on the task at hand or the goal they were working towards. They give way too much attention to the problem and not enough on coming up with a solution.
A leader will recognize the problem and give it enough attention to understand the situation at hand. However, they will dedicate most of their attention and energy on the solution.
Leaders stay focused and dedicate themselves to finding and creating solutions to the problems they are faced with.
About willieryder
Willie Ryder spent 10 years in the United States Marine Corps working in Communications and Information Technology in multiple different Leadership roles. He then went to work at Microsoft where he has been for almost 15 years now working in Engineer, Manager, and Leadership roles.
Willie is very passionate about his personal and professional development and also helping others grow. Especially our next generation. He was an active member in Toastmasters for 8 years where he worked on his Communications and Leadership skills and has mentored many others in these areas.
Willie has been a year round youth basketball coach at www.YesICanBasketball.com for 13 years where he has had the wonderful opportunity to work with and coach 100's of kids of all ages. The past 6 years he has regularly volunteered to speak about character traits and mentor kids at the nearby public elementary schools. Over the last 3 years he has been a volunteer mentor with the nonprofit organization www.RightMovesForYouth.org where he tries to make a positive impact on some of the local High School students.
Willie has been married to Jennifer for 24 years. They have 2 daughters, a son, and a Siberian Husky. In his free time he enjoys spending time with family, attending and serving at Elevation Church, Coaching youth basketball, Writing, Public Speaking, Reading, and Running.
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Wille –
So true. Since our society is so focused on results that if things don’t pan out there is a tendency to blame or focus on the reasons for failure. For our society, and we as individuals to truly be effective we must focus on the proactive solutions rather than what or who is to blame. It’s summed up in theory of Cause is greater than the Effect – what we do is more important than the results. For if we are not getting the Effect we want we can change our actions (Cause) until we do. Thanks for the post.