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Celebrating those short term wins.

Here is another extract from my new book that I am working on enjoy and please feel free to comment. Generating those small victories. Large, significant changes take time, sometimes a lot of time. Those people that are working through these changes can become despondent if they do not see progress or results within the strategic vision plan that has been presented to them. Therefore it is vital to set up short term wins. A number of years ago when I took over the running of a Bible College, it had lost 55% of its government funding. It could no longer afford the rental for the property it was in, the Principal had resigned and the new Principal was only contracted for one day a week, the rest of his time he dedicated to his pastorate. The finances were not in a good place and many of its stakeholders had stopped giving their financial support. The student numbers were very low with only three being accepted for the new college year. Because of my business background I...