{"id":18739,"date":"2023-10-25T22:05:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/leadership\/what-mike-johnson-must-do-following-his-sudden-surprise-promotion-to-speaker-of-the-house\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T22:05:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:05:41","slug":"what-mike-johnson-must-do-following-his-sudden-surprise-promotion-to-speaker-of-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/?p=18739","title":{"rendered":"What Mike Johnson Must Do Following His Sudden, Surprise Promotion To Speaker Of The House"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Almost no one expected Mike Johnson to become Speaker of the House at this point \u2013 including Johnson himself. Indeed, he was the Republican\u2019s fourth choice to replace Kevin McCarthy, following Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan and Tom Emmer. His nomination and election happened so fast that his wife, Kelly, couldn\u2019t even get from Louisiana to Washington D.C. to witness his swearing in. Hard to imagine a more sudden, surprise, and consequential promotion in a more challenging and complex situation.<\/p>\n

Accepting all that, the question is what Johnson (or others facing sudden, surprise promotions) must do to make the best of their situation. The keys are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Understand and accept the realities of the situation you\u2019re in \u2013 good and bad.<\/li>\n
  2. Understand and accept the current realities of your strengths and gaps.<\/li>\n
  3. Leverage your strengths while getting help to bridge your gaps.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Understand and accept the realities of the situation you\u2019re in<\/h2>\n

    Almost by definition, if you\u2019re getting a sudden, surprise promotion, something did not play out the way it was supposed to play out. Expect the situation to be challenging and complex.<\/p>\n

    In Johnson\u2019s case, he has to deal with a razor-thin majority in the House, a set of colleagues so divided that it took them three weeks to agree on any Speaker, the opposition party in control of the Senate and White House, a government funded for the next four weeks only, and wars in the Ukraine and Israel \u2013 just for starters. He can\u2019t change any of those over the near-term.<\/p>\n

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    In your case, run through the six Cs to understand the current realities of your Customers, Collaborators, Capabilities, Culture, Competition, and Conditions. Understand:<\/p>\n