Objects in motion stay in motion unless met with force or resistance. (A rough paraphrase of Newton’s 1st Law of Motion) This law of motion applies to bike riding, rv pulling, building teams, organizational progress and to leadership.

Momentum is a critical ally in leadership. Building ‘MO’mentum takes hard work, well developed strategies, diligent oversight, lots of cheering, clarification of mission and goals, and the celebration of victories. Quite possibly it will take many cycles of these to attain it. You will know that you have MO when as some would say “you feel things begin to click”. Victories come easier and more often. Goals and objectives are being reached and when your mission is being achieved (in part or whole) right in front of your eyes.

When you have MO you will invariably come to a juncture where you and other leaders will face some tough decisions about the continuation of things from the past and opportunities that are presenting themselves for the future. With each of these decisions, you must ask this important question:

“Will this kill our MO?”

Sometimes the killer of MO will be resistance to growth. Or it could be resistance to change. Or it could be the desire to go faster (throttle down) than your group can keep up with. Or….

I think you get the idea. It could be a lot of things, but know this, once momentum is lost, it is a hard slog back up the hill to where it can be recaptured again.