Poor leaders focus on compliance when they should focus on inspiration.

Leading with a focus on compliance is a recipe for mediocre performance.

And headaches.

Have any champions raised the trophy and sung the praises of the compliance of the organization?

No. We hear about vision, passion, compassion, focus, intensity.

Trophies are not raised by the compliance focused. 

Yet, compliance tempts leaders with the immediacy of the result and the clarity of the definition.

The feeling of power.

Control, albeit temporarily.

At what cost?

Diminishing returns on action/reaction cycles. 

Short-term focus emerging as the norm.

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Compliance can emerge as a byproduct of inspiration.

But inspiration will never emerge as a byproduct of compliance.