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Hunt For Greatness
Milton Kamwendo
It is the World Cup season. The big lesson of the matches we are watching is that soccer is a game of movement.
You have to move. The ball moves. Players move. Strategy moves. Officials move. Rules move. Statistics, metrics and technology move.
Leadership is movement, not just speed. It is not just activity, noise, effort, meetings, speeches, decisions or motion.
Greatness movement is purposeful. It is movement into place.
Everything that works well must be in place. A vehicle moves well when every part is in place. A building stands strong when every brick, beam and foundation element is in place. A team performs well when every player understands their place.
An organisation executes well when people, priorities, processes, resources and systems are in place.
Move into place by moving from disorder to alignment, from confusion to clarity, from wandering to positioning, from potential to purpose and from scattered effort to strategic contribution.
Place gives purpose
Movement without place becomes wandering. Place gives movement direction. When you know your place, your effort becomes meaningful. When you are out of place, even great effort can produce little progress.
A seed has potential when planted in the right soil. A fish is powerful in water, but helpless on land. A tool is useful in the right hand, but dangerous or wasted in the wrong context.
Discernment of place is wisdom. Where should this person serve? Where should this resource be deployed? Where should this organisation focus? Where should this idea be planted? Where should this energy be directed? Where should this leader stand?
Having gifted players without a good coach results in wasted talent.
When people move into place, purpose comes alive. Strengths begin to manifest. Contribution becomes visible. Confidence grows. Value becomes clearer. Energy is no longer wasted fighting misplaced battles.
The right place will have challenges, but it gives meaning to the struggle.
It says: “This is where I am meant to build. This is where I am meant to serve. This is where I am meant to grow. This is where I am meant to contribute.”
Move into your assignment
Ask: What is my assignment? Not every opportunity is your assignment. Not every invitation is your instruction. Not every good thing is yours. Not every pass is for you. Move into place by moving into your assignment. Your assignment is the work you are supposed to carry, called to steward, equipped to serve and responsible to advance. It may be visible or hidden, public or private, large or small. What matters is not the applause around it, but the purpose within it.
Flee the frustration of living in someone else’s place. Do not copy another person’s race, do not imitate another person’s method, do not envy another person’s platform and do not pursue another person’s calling. Imitation without assignment leads to exhaustion.
Your place is not always glamorous. It is powerful when it is yours. Do not despise your place because it looks small.
A small place with purpose is better than a large platform without alignment. Faithfulness in place creates growth. Consistency in place creates credibility. Excellence in place creates influence.
Move people into place
Placement is a leadership responsibility. Leaders do not merely use people. They position them.
They discern gifts, strengths, growth areas, temperament, passion, readiness and capacity.
Then they help people find the place where they can contribute meaningfully and grow responsibly.
Wrong placement damages people and weakens systems. A person placed beyond their preparation may feel crushed. A person placed below their capacity may feel frustrated. A person placed against their gifting may feel drained. A person placed without support may feel abandoned.
Look at your team members and ask: What is this person good at? What gives them energy? What responsibilities have they handled well? What must they still learn? Where can they contribute now? Where can they grow next? What support do they need? What environment will help them flourish?
When people are rightly placed, the whole organisation moves better. The right person in the right role produces flow. The wrong person in the wrong role produces friction. Placement is strategy in motion.
Do not simply fill slots. Place people. Do not merely assign duties. Align gifts. Do not merely look for volunteers. Build contributors. Do not appoint people because they are available. Position people because they are suitable, teachable and ready to grow.
Move priorities into place
A life, team or organisation becomes disordered when priorities are out of place. Minor things become major. Urgent things replace important things.
Noise receives attention while purpose is neglected. People spend energy on what is loud instead of what is strategic.Strategy moves choices: What matters most? What must come first? What should stop? What should wait? What must be protected? What must receive resources? What must be reviewed regularly? What must not be sacrificed?
Move systems into place
Good intentions are not enough. Passion is not enough. Talent is not enough. Even vision is not enough. Systems must be in place. Systems are the structures that make movement sustainable.
A system allows work to continue beyond emotion, memory, personality and crisis. Systems create rhythm. Systems preserve standards. Systems support accountability. Systems make execution visible.Move the systems into place for anything you want to grow.
Many leaders are frustrated because they keep demanding outcomes from systems that are not in place. They want performance. However, there is no performance management system.
They want follow-up, but there is no tracking system. They want financial discipline, but there is no budgeting and reporting system. They want growth, but there is no mobilisation system. They want accountability, but there is no review rhythm.
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Milton Kamwendo is a leading international transformational and motivational speaker, author and accomplished workshop facilitator. He can be reached at: [email protected], WhatsApp: +263772422634.
What is not systematised is often not sustained.
Move systems into place and movement becomes repeatable.
Move resources into place
Resources must also be placed. Money, time, equipment, information, technology, relationships and talent must be moved towards priority. Resources in the wrong place create waste. Resources in the right place create momentum.
Ask: Are our resources aligned with our priorities? Are we funding what we say matters? Are we spending time on what we claim is important? Are we giving the best energy to the highest purpose? Are we equipping the people we expect to perform?
Where your resources go, your priorities are revealed. Move resources into place and strategy begins to breathe.
When things are in place, movement becomes easier. When people are in place, teams become stronger. When systems are in place, execution becomes consistent. When priorities are in place, energy becomes focused. When the leader is in place, vision becomes credible.
Leadership is movement. Move into place. From that place, move to your greatness.
Committed to your greatness.
Milton Kamwendo is a leading international transformational and motivational speaker, author and accomplished workshop facilitator. He can be reached at: [email protected], WhatsApp: +263772422634.
