[read time: 4 mins] If the last time you thought about your strategic plan you couldn’t immediately recall what was in it, couldn’t remember where the binder was, and then needed to dust the binder off once you found it…my guess is your strategic plan was...
Simply saying “I want to see you thinking more strategically” isn’t direct or specific enough to help guide people in the right direction. Thinking strategically is essentially a way of being – a mindset, a way of looking at things and linking them together.
Here's a possible framework to structure weekly team meetings within your business and keep them on track and worth attending.
When it comes to creativity, fear of criticism, judgment, of taking risks and putting your reputation on the line is a huge obstacle.
We’re born creative and continually experience the excitement of that creativity as we grow. Over time, our environment and experiences can cause us to fall into thinking patterns that get in the way of our creativity.
When you start working on the action plans for your strategic objectives for the year, one of the most important steps is to understand the order of priority of your objectives.
The key to helping turn managers into leaders is to ensure the process you use is simple and easy to implement; you can always layer on complexity later. Here’s a five-step approach for starting down the path of developing your managers into leaders: