How is Your Triage Agility?

Do you know anyone who operates in an everyday normal state of PANIC where EVERYTHING is touted as mission critical urgent and you can’t really tell what is truly important? Reminds me a little bit of the children’s story about CHICKEN LITTLE who constantly ran around shouting … THE SKY IS FALLING! Well, one of the dynamics of this VUCA world we are all experiencing is that quite often it can seem like the SKY IS FALLING multiple times every day. No doubt the speed of play today is daunting and can feel like a locust storm inside a massive F5 TORNADO with wind speeds over 250 mph and where cars become projectiles as they are hurled through the air; entire houses are completely destroyed after being ripped from the foundation and sent tumbling into the distance; steel-reinforced concrete structures can be seriously damaged. Did you ever have a day like that? I have a couple of clients where that seems to be the everyday normal.


I love working with my clients and their teams to help SHAPE THE FUTURE which in large measure means … how do we create healthy, vibrant and fit teams that are focused, fast and flexible enough to create a differential advantage in how they become the first choice to fulfill their customer’s needs. When you are focused on a clear vision – your real mission critical obstacles become very clear. It’s like the old southern adage – when the water level is low, the stumps will show. Real leaders help their teams see the important stumps and have the poise and composure to plot a systematic and sensible plan to go after the critical issues in the right sequence and pace. It is those leaders that try and do everything at once in total urgency who end up creating the real chaos and burning out the team. The best of the leaders I see, recognize that one of the mission critical priorities … is the team themselves and their well-being.
I look forward to your comments, feedback and further dialogue. Please come join us down at the Human Capital Institute Summit in New Orleans March 29-30 … we can continue the conversation there.
Tom O’Shea, CMC
tom@agilityconsulting.com
336-282-1211
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