Saturday, December 13, 2008

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.

One of Sir Issac Newton's beauties. Amazing when you think about it, energy simply exists-not to be added to or subtracted from. Either you're channeling it positively or it is friction. Are you creating momentum for your agency or are you slowing it down? I've been thinking about this a lot lately as we try to move several new initiatives through our agency pipeline. Those who've drunk the Kool-Aid are creating positive energy are moving things forward and must be protected from the folks that either don't understand the mission, or worse, sadly don't care.

The truth here is you only have so much energy that exists naturally in the agency. So as a leader you have a choice. Good or bad. So many places I've previously worked were consumed with useless energy that centered around backbiting, politics, anger, frustration, anxiety and distrust. I believe that when an agency has a clear vision to execute against people will engage in the good energy.

Newton was pretty cool.

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