On Wednesday, Oct. 20, ABC’s World News reported that during his presidency, Bill Clinton misplaced the launch card with the codes required to initiate a nuclear attack, according to the new memoir of former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Hugh Shelton. Shelton’s memoir calls the mislaid card, “a gargantuan deal.” And, it sounds like it is. But, while misplacing the key to authorize the use of nuclear weapons could have been disastrous, it’s usually the little things that we sometimes lose that we really have to worry about.
In your busy post-recession schedule, have you misplaced an important key to your business? With fewer employees, smaller budgets, and heavier workloads, maybe you’ve lost relationships you’ve built with some of your clients. Maybe you’ve mislaid employee trust and engagement. Or, maybe you’ve just been misplacing important documents in the piles of paperwork on your desk or in your cluttered e-mail inbox. Whatever it is you’re missing, taking time to find a solution, whether it’s creating a plan to reconnect with former clients or your employees, or taking a day to clean your office, could help your business and your team avoid a catastrophe.
As you begin to make plans and set goals for the new year, think about the things your company has lost because of growing pains or as a result of the recession. Think about the things you may need to come back to, like making time to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries at work, or revisiting your company values. While it’s important to always move forward in your business, don’t forget to look back every now and then to make sure you aren’t missing something really important.
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