Just came from a Carolina Hurricanes hockey game. They lost. They have done alot of that this year. To make matters worse, in this game – like many others this year – they had the lead but could not hold on to it. They started well but finished poorly.

How about you? As you finish 2011 are you hitting the 31st in full stride or are you crawling towards 2012? I am not saying this isn’t a time to refresh. You must. But I am asking do you start with great ideas and a nice surge but that falls away. (Check out how crowded the gym will be in January and how that all goes away by March 1).

Do you start projects with a bang only to see them fizzle? My buddy David Stone, a marketing and PR expert,  talks about a kick finish. We all know about the kick start. He prefers the kick finish. They even talk about that in running when they talk about finishing with a kick.

Sustained performance and continued excellence takes more than a kick finish but you will not win if you don’t bring projects and initiatives through to successful completion. Both of my books required just such an effort. After a couple hundred pages of manuscript, research and sweat I was tired. I was over it. But I reached down for the kick. I now have two books. Construction Leadership From A to Z is starting to get some momentum and I look forward to that continuing into 2012.

What can you do to build momentum for 2012?

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