As an everyday leader inside and outside your world of work, setting and being the best professional example you can be is critical.  Yes, I know we have talked about example setting in other TRIPLE III TIME messages…but have we ever discussed the importance of looking back to measure our example setting actions?  In other words have we ever asked ourselves directly:  “Do YOU Practice What YOU Preach?”

You know what I mean!  Example “Do YOU Practice What YOU Preach?” issues are easy to identify.  Think about:

• Do you avoid doing personal stuff at/during work hours?
• Do you practice your own version of allowances for “comp-time” or follow Agency policy?
• Do you share company/organization information equally among co-workers?
• Do you advance company gossip or never “go there”?
• Do you engage in professional development training/workshops as you prescribe for others?
• Do you invite communication advice and/or ideas from all?
• Do you maintain your work/office space?
• Do you step-up to help others or with special projects?
• Do you allow yourself “dream-time” to be continually creative?
• Do you show up late…leave early or set a positive attendance practice?

These ten (10) examples of “Do YOU Practice What YOU Preach?” are just a short list of the leadership “preachings” that have appeared in TRIPLE III TIME messages over the years.  And although I do not support offering repeat messages, I do support regularly assessing personal professional progress (i.e. measuring do I practice what I preach!).