So, what have YOU transformed?

Looking south from Top of the Rock, New York City

At a recent networking event, a colleague of mine challenged me with a question that seems very appropriate to share at this time of year. "So tell me, what you have transformed?" Truthfully, it is a great question that makes one stop and think for a minute.

As we head into 2011, the employment headlines, American automobile sales results, and just about every other alert I get is telling me that 2011 is already going to be a better year than 2010. But let's not leave anything up to chance.

If 2011 is going to be better than 2010, it will be because of what we do to make it that way. For those of us who are engaged in change management endeavors, business transformation activities, or just making things better in the future than they are in the past, ask yourself "What have you transformed?" And might I suggest that you be critical of yourself in the past and aim high in 2011.