Spice it Up!

Today is my wedding anniversary. I am married to a wonderful woman and have enjoyed our 17 years together. I look forward to many, more years spent with my best friend and my love. What does this have to do with leadership? Leaders are sometimes in their leadership roles for years, 17 or more. They also may love their job and never want to leave that job. Just like a marriage leadership has its ups and downs but it is how you work through the difficult times and celebrate the good times.

In your leadership role are you stuck in a rut? Are you mixing it up and making it exciting? It is important that regardless how long you have been in your leadership role that you don’t take it for granted and you work through the tough times and celebrate the good times.

Here are some things you can do to keep that leadership role fresh.

·         Fall in love with being a leader again.

·         Celebrate special events with your followers

·         Find a creative way to overcome a tough situation

·         Vacation and really decompress from work, get away from it all.

·         Collaborate with your team on innovation, ideas and problems

I would love to hear from all of you if you have an idea to help keep your leadership role fresh. Don’t take your leadership for granted, instead spice it up with some new and innovative ideas.