Hold your position, stay on your feet and keep it simple
Wisdom that can transform business leaders and their organisations can come from anyone, anywhere and at any time.The pundits on Match of the Day, a BBC programme that plays football matches and then analyses them, provided the latest example.
They were analysing the recent performances of the former England football captain, John Terry when Alan Hansen shared the following. He said that when he played for the Liverpool Championship winning teams, everyone had a bad patch at one stage or another. It was accepted and management encouraged players with three pieces of advice.
The first was to hold your position because poor form can be linked to loss of confidence; when we lose our confidence we can easily be drawn out of position. Secondly, stay on your feet. During a barren period, loss of form goes with loss of confidence and that goes with falling over. Several video clips showed John Terry doing just that in situations where he would normally dominate.
And finally, if we are panicked or traumatised, the tendency is to over compensate, to over complicate. The answer is to keep it simple. Keep on doing the simple things well.
A local company director also saw the programme and rang to tell me that he suddenly knew how to steer the company away from the rocks.
Hold your position (in the market), stay on your feet (when there are so many that want to knock you over) and keep it simple (carry on delivering in your particular area of expertise)
Great stuff Alan.
Labels: Business advice from Alan Hansen
posted by Tim @ 2:45 AM
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