In this episode I'll share a story about how we nearly launched a search and rescue team into a trackless wilderness to recover a pilot who had crashed into the jungle. From that story, we can extract five key questions that leaders should have answers to before launching their own teams on any new mission.

Notes and Resources:

• Prefer to read? Here’s the full post: Lost in the Jungle
• Five keys to an inspiring vision statement
• How to turn that good idea into a SMART goal

Quotable:

“If your team can’t easily repeat the vision statement from memory, it isn’t a very good vision statement. – Ken Downer

“A sense of autonomy is empowering; having to play ‘mother may I?’ every step of the way is debilitating. Leaders empower.” – Ken Downer

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