This is a picture of the sun coming up behind my house. When a real leader wakes up, he or she does not think about what they have to do, they think about what everybody else has to do. They ask themselves, "what is the team going to do today?" Many people say that if the leader focuses on the small things the big things will take care of themselves. That is BS. I have found just the opposite to be true. Leaders have to start with the big ideas and let subordinates figure out the details. Every morning you also want to get started as soon as you possibly can! Why? Because every minute of every hours that the team is productive equals amplified success. For example, compound interest is effective because it builds upon itself and takes advantage of time. Work is the same way! The sooner the leader acts, the sooner subordinates get their marching orders and the more time that they have to successfully reach an objective. If a leader makes a decision at 11AM and 5 workers have until 4 PM to get the work done, the total number of hours that the workers can work that day is 25 hours. If the decision is made at 8AM the total number of hours the workers can work is 40 hours. The difference between 25 hours and 40 hours is 15 hours per day or 75 hours per week. That is equivalent to almost two employees working full time. Leaders can't afford to waste that much time.
Here is the deal: Time is precious! When the sun comes up, leaders need to focus on the big picture so that they can get orders to their subordinates as soon as possible.
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