Your Annual Report

Companies and organization’s produce an annual report. I’ve been thinking that it would be great to have you think about producing your own annual report. The report would give you a snapshot of where you stand as a leader over the past year and where you want to go. The report has several sections. Let’s take a look at each one:

1. Cover – In an actual report, this would reflect the company’s image. For you as a leader, this represents your image. How you present yourself physically, your brand.

2. Narrative statements – your personal mission and vision statement for the past year.

3. Performance / Year in Review – look back over the year:

a. Significant Events

b. Analysis / Significant trends (like employee turnover)

c. Testimonials from employees (why they like working with you and the organization)

d. Things you’ve learned

e. Things you’ve taught to employees

f. Leadership opportunities you created

g. Significant decisions you made or pushed down to the lowest level

h. Books / seminars / tele-seminars / audio books consumed

4. Looking Forward

a. Immediate future plans

b. Long-term plans

c. New initiatives

d. Skills or values to teach

e. Books / seminars / tele-seminars / audio books to consume

f. Your new mission and vision statement or restated statement

I often speak of taking personal assessment or awareness of who you are and where you are in life. In light of the many issues with business leaders in the news, I thought it was appropriate that we stop, take inventory and assess who you were, where you are and where you want to go as a leader in your organization.