Do you focus on problems or find bright spots? As an organizational leader, you work tirelessly to do good work and achieve your strategic goals and objectives. Undoubtedly, you face obstacles along the way. As you ponder how best to tackle these challenges, you might pause and examine just how, exactly, your organization approaches problem-solving. Do you focus on the problems and go "all-in" to address the issues contributing to the problem, or do you tend to search for bright spots activities functioning at the highest levels and build on those successes?
Organizations are in the business of doing good work. As an organizational leader or participant, you may have everything set up and ready to go to achieve truly life-impacting work: mission, vision, values, goals, objectives, and an impressively bold three-year strategic plan.