We’ve looked at several profitability killers affecting nearly every business. Through this process, I’ve intentionally made a case for how effective leadership—while often viewed as something soft or intangible—can make an immediate and measurable impact on each. While I’ve provided some practical steps that we can each take individually to begin capturing the profit that’s being killed, we can’t afford to stop with just what we do personally; we need to be able to train each key team member with any level of leadership responsibility to get the same kind of results as we do if we want to achieve sustainable gains on our bottom line.

Over the course of my career, I’ve been involved with filling more than a thousand positions. Many were positions for which we hired external candidates to become part of an organization. Still, quite a few were filled through internal job postings. The one constant I’ve seen across organizations and industries has been how rarely the individual filling the role already has all the skills they’ll need to be successful long term. That’s a strong statement, but let’s take it further by making it more personal. I’m confident that YOU don’t have all the skills you need to be as successful as you could be in your role—and neither do I! In case I haven’t offended you enough, I’ll add that I’m not sure we ever really will.

I've heard that the only thing we can count on to stay the same is that there will be constant change around us. If we have any hope of keeping up with that change and avoiding lost profitability in the process, ongoing and focused development has to happen for our new team members to get up to speed, for our existing team members to keep up with the industry we’re a part of, as well as for ourselves to ensure we can continue leading effectively.

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