Easter Sunday….I had a bet with myself that this Sunday would be like many of the past Easter services at our church. The young man playing trumpet as the choir enters from the back of the church, etc, etc, etc. Now, Let’s be clear. This isn’t an anti-religion nor an anti-tradition rant..It IS an anti-staleness rant. It was cute when the lad was in Middle School..now, not so much..in fact, he looked disinterested and bored. Well, I would have won/lost the bet as today was like years past. YAWN…

Now, let’s talk about your annual meeting. I participated in threee of them in the past two weeks. All were cited by attendees to be among the best ever. In the first case, we prepared and rehearsed and made sure everybody who presented was excellent. We also built some follow-up tools and commitments right into the meeting which gave people a sense that this wasn’t just a pep rally.

In the second one the CEO, to the surprise of all, rode in on a Harley and talked about revving up safety focus. (it actually was pretty cool..) even more so when he said if they go without a lost time incident in the coming year someone will get a Harley, or similar incentive. NOW, THAT got attention. But they also had different speakers and added a healthy does of interaction to include one of our very popular workshops. It was different and that helped to make it good.  Third meeting, new content, new speakers, outstanding delivery, etc etc.

DON’T sound the trumpet….When your mind hears and sees the same thing too many times it has a harder time hearing and seeing it. In fact, your mind, out of boredom, may start to wander.

Variety matters in our message delivery and it is up to you as a leader to make sure you are getting heard. Maybe you need to try something different. Next time, get rid of the trumpet and let’s go with drums…

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