Posted on Jun 25, 2015
Have you started to develop a "Brain Trust?'
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Listening to one of my daily podcasts today reminded me of a concept which I wanted to present to RallyPoint.
The Brain Trust.
Now a Brain Trust is nothing more than knowing people. Think of it kind of like a Commander and his staff. A Commander can't know everything, so he has to have a staff. Someone does Intel, someone does Ops, someone does Logistics.
But a Brain Trust is a little more fluid than that. It's knowing who you can call about information if you need it, but it's also knowing how to link friends together. It's your personal network.
RallyPoint is a Brain Trust from an Institutional Standpoint. Our Contacts are an even greater form of that.
As an example, if I'm looking for a great book to read next, I have a few people on my contacts list (and the Books Group) I can ask for recommendations. I can do the same for movies.
If I am trying to develop an argument for or against something, there are people I can contact to check my logic chains.
If someone contacts me and is looking for a Job, I "may" know someone in that field, or in that locale who I can put them in contact with.
Building a Trust is about that.
So have you started doing that?
The Brain Trust.
Now a Brain Trust is nothing more than knowing people. Think of it kind of like a Commander and his staff. A Commander can't know everything, so he has to have a staff. Someone does Intel, someone does Ops, someone does Logistics.
But a Brain Trust is a little more fluid than that. It's knowing who you can call about information if you need it, but it's also knowing how to link friends together. It's your personal network.
RallyPoint is a Brain Trust from an Institutional Standpoint. Our Contacts are an even greater form of that.
As an example, if I'm looking for a great book to read next, I have a few people on my contacts list (and the Books Group) I can ask for recommendations. I can do the same for movies.
If I am trying to develop an argument for or against something, there are people I can contact to check my logic chains.
If someone contacts me and is looking for a Job, I "may" know someone in that field, or in that locale who I can put them in contact with.
Building a Trust is about that.
So have you started doing that?
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Have had one ever since I started being in charge of folks......like you said you can't know everything.... NO one can do it by themselves and I don't think you can appreciate that until you are in a leadership position and have to rely on others to "keep you out of trouble" and "keep you in the know." One of the hardest things to do is find folks you can trust, but as a leader if you can't find them you have to develop them.
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Both in my civilian and military life. You're correct in that no one has the answers but different people tend to be strong in certain areas. It's strategically smart to know who your "go to" person is for any given topic area. The CEO/President/Commander, etc. doesn't have to be the smartest person in the room...he/she just has to surround themselves with those that make that concept whole.
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Having a group of people you can rely on to help you navigate moral, ethical, and professional dilemmas is an invaluable tool, no one is too young or too old to learn invaluable life lessons from.
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