Guide Post or Hitching Post

When people talk about change they either embrace it, fight it, or roll with it.  As leaders and business people, I believe we have a greater responsibility to play in managing change (or more appropriately responding to change).  For anyone to say they are not subject to change is a hallucination. 


Great leaders have vision that capitalizes on change and often creates the future.  I recently heard a thought through a local Chamber of Commerce Executive Director who talks of change this way:

A wise man once asked “Is your business attached to a hitching post or a guide post?”  If your business is attached to a hitching post, you remain fixed, bound to your past, unable to move forward.  If your business is attached to a guide post, your business is free to learn from the past and form values that will keep you on track as you progress.  So, I ask – is your business attached to a hitching post or a guide post?

As a leader and business make sure you are attached to a guide post.