Are you embodying the spirit of your business as a leader? Do you operate in a way that aligns with your business values, encouraging your team to do the same?
I’m sure we’d all hope to answer ‘yes’ to these questions, but the reality is: when stress levels and demands of us as business owners are high, it’s easy to lose sight of the vision we originally had for our business.
Today, I share with you a lesson that I learnt from my beautiful daughter Taya, and how her story is a wonderful example of how being the “spirit of your shed” - AKA living and breathing the spirit of your business - can have a powerful impact on your team and work environment.
So what is the ‘spirit of the shed’? I take you back to when Taya was in Grade 8 at school and had decided to join the rowing team. Now, she wasn’t the star athlete, but what she brought to the table was unique and highly valuable.
Taya cheered everyone on and celebrated their wins. She organised picnics for comp days and made the entire experience more enjoyable for the whole team. For this, she was awarded “The Spirit of the Shed” for embodying the spirit and camaraderie that defined the essence of the team.
I encourage you to imagine if you were the spirit of your shed. Are you truly living and breathing the spirit of your company? If not, it’s time to realign with your values and consider what you might change to create a thriving culture within your business.
So go out there, be the spirit of YOUR shed and watch as your business flourishes in ways that you never imagined!
And today I want to share with you a story about my daughter, Taya and the important lesson that she taught me. Now, back when Taya was. I think she would have been in about year eight. So she'd have been about 14, 15. She decided to join the school rowing team. Now, Taya wasn't the star athlete, but what she brought was something unique to the table.
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and by the way, she actually even organized a small ceremony, which happened to be a, uh, picnic on a picnic bench because the girls had missed out on their official ceremony. Taya actually received an award that they called the spirit of the shed. And this award was for the person that most embodied the culture and the teamwork that they wanted to have in their sport.
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And what that tends to look like, if we're not careful, is we act in ways that are incongruent with our values and goals. And that's when the problem starts. That's when we start seeing underperforming teams, loss of marketing focus, and a general disconnect from that bigger picture. I want you to imagine if you were the spirit of your shed.
The embodiment of your business. What would you do differently? I want you to ask yourself, you are you truly living and breathing the spirit of your company, of your business? And if not, maybe consider how this might be negatively impacting you. Impacting or affecting other parts of your business in your life.
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And I can still remember that pressure and that stress. The impact for me was real. The impact on me was real. And what I didn't realize was the impact I was having on my team of how I was passing on that energy to my team. What I actually saw as a result of that, as a result of my behavior, and I wasn't being the spirit of the shed at all, is that my energy, my approach, my behavior, was impacting the team.
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With the people that are involved in your business, it might mean that you need to dedicate more time to connecting with others. It might mean that you need to actually communicate more and share more openly during those times of stress to ensure that this spirit of the shed. You as the spirit of the Shed is having that positive impact on your business because it's these small yet impactful actions that can serve as anchors keeping you tethered to the heart of your business.
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So I need to ask yourself this week, what can you do today or this week to embody the spirit of your shed? How can you inspire and uplift those around you? Because running a business is not just about the bottom line. It's about creating positivity and a thriving culture that echoes through your business and impacts every single person that comes into your orbit, your team, your clients, your suppliers, your community.
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So go out there, be the spirit of your shed and watch as your business flourishes in ways that you never imagined. That's it for today's episode of Unleashing Brilliance. if you've enjoyed this episode, I'd love you to subscribe if you haven't already. I'd love you to leave a review and I'd love you to share it with your fellow business owners.
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