“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations”
– Earl Nightingale

Over the years, I have worked with and for many great leaders who delivered consistent and outstanding results, year after year. They continued to achieve outstanding business growth, and their people were engaged and constantly improving in line with the business. And by contrast, I have also worked for and with leaders who had the best of intentions, were focussed on their people, however, despite this, were unable to ‘crack the success code’. When things went wrong and they were confronted with challenges and obstacles, they would often look at ‘what’ they and the team were doing, they would question & many times criticise their people, which often led to performance management discussions, and ultimately, high staff turnover.

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“There’s no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen”
– Wayne Dyer

Are You a ‘Glass Half Full’ or ‘Glass Half Empty’ person? Do you see the world filled with possibilities and opportunities or do you see the world with a lack of resources and opportunities; in other words, scarcity? As a Leader, do you see unlimited opportunities for your people, your team and yourself to grow, develop and succeed, or do you believe that you are operating in a very confined and limited market? How you view this will ultimately determine your success and the success of your team. I know this may sound obvious, however, it is incredible to observe the number of leaders in today’s marketplace who are so focussed on trying to win not only their piece of the pie, but multiple pieces, believing that the pie is only so big. As such, their approach is very often coming from a position of scarcity, believing there is only so much business available to win, and hence their attitude and actions reflect this. And this of course rubs off on their people, and permeates through the culture, where eventually the culture becomes focussed on scarcity and limitations.

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