Leadership Thought #358 – Celebrate Your Successes!

Never forget to celebrate your successes.

I went to an event last night to recognize the 100th anniversary of our local Chamber of Commerce. It was a wonderful celebration attended by many people in an impressive venue. It was fun to watch the number of individuals being recognized as past board presidents. It was as if the entire local business community came to honor a vital organization, as it should be.

It’s important to celebrate your accomplishments! It’s easy to forget why you work so hard when you’re busy running a company. Running a business can be challenging, particularly in the past few years. However, if you’ve been in business for a prolonged period, you must be doing something right. It’s essential to acknowledge those events, milestones, and people who helped you get here and increase your likelihood of continued success.

In sports, there is usually a trophy that signifies extraordinary accomplishment. You track wins and losses and know where you stand relative to your competition because you play against them. Business success is usually less noticeable and determined by internal and external variables. However, your employees (and you) still need to feel like they are part of a winning team.  There needs to be an overriding sense of clear objectives and accomplishments. Regardless of what you do for a living, to be good at it, you must feel that it matters in some way. Celebrating your successes is an important way to show that what you do has value.