Impact Requires More than Just Participation
Every team member gets a medal at the end of the season for participating in most youth sports leagues. The medal merely recognizes participation. In real life, adults do not get participation medals. What matters for most organizations, businesses and even families, is impact. Impact goes beyond just participation. Impact means results or at least a strong effect on someone or something that creates a solution or result. In both the adult and business worlds, simply showing up to participate might get you an hourly paycheck but creating a positive impact will get you promoted. MORE THAN SHOWING UP We teach children to participate in life, which includes participation in school activities, clubs, and sports. Most times, just “showing up” is all that is expected to be able to say they are participating. As adults, we also often end up measuring participation. We recount how many meetings or activities we attended. If participation is the standard, then we have set the bar for succ...