Testing

#Beingaleader means you will go through testing. Personal. Financial. Timing. Team members. There are many areas where you could be tested. Just know that you will be. Regularly.

Testing can be viewed in multiple ways. In school, it’s an attempt to measure where your current understanding of the subject matter is. In manufacturing, it is an attempt to determine the quality or standard of the product being created. In leadership, it’s an attempt to measure where you are personally. How you react. How you respond to different circumstances and people.

So you will be tested. Are you ready? Do you feel prepared? What are some areas where you are currently feeling the test? Are you feeling it from a person? From a deadline for project completion? Lack of resources? Know that the testing will come but it will also pass.

So how do we respond to testing? First, take a breath. Testing is not usually a result of you failing. It is just a natural process that comes to everyone. Second, understand that testing is as much about your character as it is about the other person’s character or wherever the testing is coming from. It is about how you are growing as a leader. Are you responding to testing different this go around than you did the last time? What steps can you take today to respond differently to the test when it comes back again?

#Beingaleader means you will go through testing. Count on it. Prepare for it.