Leadership Strategies to Make Your First Quarter Rock!
As we head into the holiday season, the last thing you are probably thinking about is the first quarter. Those first three months of the year when you have to get back to work, start thinking about budget, attracting new customers and getting your team ready to hit their goals.
That is exactly what you as the leader need to be thinking about now. Because if you wait until the first quarter, you have already started the year behind. If you are not prepared to hit the ground running that first day of that first month, then there is the likelihood that first month will produce less than lack-luster results. So, a first month that yields lack-luster results is a pretty strong indicator that you are going to have lack-luster results that first-quarter and all year long.
So why is the first quarter so hard?
Because