Be A Thermostat, Not A Thermometer
written by Sandy - August 12th, 2011 at 9:30 am
A message from Sandy via one of my heroes John Maxwell and his book, Developing the Leaders Around You. The leaders in any organization must be the environmental change agents. They must be more thermostats than thermometers. At first glance, a person could confuse these instruments. Both are capable of measuring heat. However, they are really quite different. A thermometer is passive. It records the temperature of its environment, but can do nothing to change it. A thermostat is an active instrument. It determines what the environment will be. It effects change in order to create climate.
The attitude of the leader, coupled with a positive atmosphere in an organization can encourage people to accomplish great things. And consistent accomplishment generates momentum. Many times the momentum is the only difference between a winning, positive growth climate and a losing, negative one.
Keep in mind this simple fact from the law of physics: water boils at 212 degrees, but at 211 degrees, it is still hot water. One extra degree, an increase of less than 1/2 of 1% can make the difference between a pot of water and a bubbling pot of power! That one degree is usually momentum. Which are you?
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