Carry It Forward
- Ralph Cochrane
- Jan 19
- 1 min read
Turn last year’s wins and misses into this year’s motivation.
Reflection is only valuable if we carry the learning forward. As leaders, our role isn’t to archive what worked and what didn’t — it’s to convert those insights into clarity and direction now.
In a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) environment, teams look for certainty wherever they can get it. Certainty doesn’t mean predicting the future. It means giving people context, priorities, and a sense of what happens next. When we take the honest lessons from last year and translate them into behavior, goals, and expectations this year, we reduce ambiguity and increase alignment.
Ask a few simple questions with your team:
What worked that we should do more of?
What didn’t work that we should stop?
What needs to evolve based on new realities?
How will we measure progress differently this year?
By bringing the learning forward, we turn experience into confidence — and confidence into motivation.
How do you bring learning forward to motivate your team?
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