I couldn't have illustrated the power of people working together better than at a recent Rockingham Race Track day, with my Mastermind Coaching Clients. Mastermind clients enjoy all the benefits of the Wealth Club.* Plus, extra coaching throughout the year culminating in an intense 2 day High Performance Workshop and one day racing fast cars . . . We started at the go-cart track. Some people listened to the instructions and followed them exactly . . . others put their foot down to see how fast they could get round! You need elements of both in business. I wanted everyone to see the difference between how a go-cart start-up business behaves against a high performance well oiled machine. The next activity, a race simulator, was so life like that the intense concentration required at the terminal made this more gruelling than the actual thing! Over lunch we compared what we had learnt. From our executive box we could see panoramic views of Ferraris being put through their paces, the track that had become so familiar to us looked very different from up here! Isn't it great to be able to see the whole picture? On to the pit stop, where our instructor pushed us to perform smarter. At times we hated him and thought we knew better, but he was a great coach, letting us learn for ourselves the strengths of teams pulling together, the more people that spoke up the stronger the team became; and, surprise surprise, communication really is the key to everything! No rest for high performing teams; helmeted again and behind the wheel of rallying cars. In business, as on rally tracks, you take risks. If you are prepared when your business appears to skid from under you, you won't be afraid to bring it back on course. The last event of a full day was 'off road'. Rules learnt on the smooth tracks didn't help on terrain of hills and fords. And, with team members in the back of the land rovers, it's interesting how differently you drive when you are taking others along with you. With wide grins and tired bodies we heard the scores, feeling a sense of personal achievement and belonging to a high performing team. . .. . . The most important lesson we took with us from the day was to take time from our businesses in order to keep learning and reinforcing lessons we already know. We owe that to ourselves. Have a Turbo Charged Week!
