The Savvy Coach’s Corner
In today’s Coach’s Corner, I’d like us to think about the difference between short and long-term thinking in our businesses. It’s worth exploring, especially if you feel you do a lot of rushing around…
As with everything at Savvy Sponsoring Strategies, feel free to use the coaching questions at the bottom with your team.
A Solution Versus An Answer
Definitions
Solution – the process of resolving a difficulty
Answer – something needed to address a question or problem
Comparisons
immediate vs. long-term
Example
Jeannie thought that the answer to her financial concerns was to increase the sales of her business. In fact, the solution was to double profitability through cutting costs, improving leadership, and letting go of unproductive team members.
Key Point
An answer is an immediate response to what appears to be the problem. A solution is an approach that goes to the source of the problem and prevents it from recurring.
Benefits
Look beyond temporary answers to permanent solutions.
Your Coach’s Corner Questions:
Are you in your business for the long haul? Even if you’re not sure, are you behaving as if you’re ‘just trying it out?’ How might you be wasting time and energy addressing
short-term problems?
What problem have you been fixing over and over again? What is the source of the problem and how might you solve it permanently?
The distinction “Solution versus Answer’ was originally created by Isabel Parlett and Thomas Leonard. Copyright 97, 98, 99, 00, 2001 CoachVille.
