In this month’s webinar we talked about how to optimize your communications to drive action in your organization.
HIGH VALUE COMMUNICATIONS
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Useful assumptions: It’s useful to assume as a starting point, that people don’t listen to you, don’t believe you and don’t trust you. Read More
In this month’s webinar we talked about the critical difference between tactical progress and strategic progress.
WILL YOUR STRATEGY SUCCEED?
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Your strategy will only succeed if you execute it.
We talked about 4 common things that block organizations from making strategic progress on their business, and what to do about them:
Good General Manager Series
All organizations struggle at some point to put their Strategy into Action (Read: actually get done what they say they want to do).
I find that key problems of executing are common in companies of all sizes and industries — but particularly in companies that want to scale. Read More
What Good General Managers Do series
Think of if this way…
Greatness of Strategy = Strategy * Execution
If execution is zero, greatness is zero.
Simply telling people what is important will cause not the organization to start doing what is important. Read More
What Good General Managers Do series
Most strategic planning exercises are doomed from the start by being connected to the annual budget process.
The money always wins.
Strategy is creative. Financial Planning is operational. Strategic and financial planning require different skills, timelines, and different measures of success. Read More
One of the questions I get most frequently is how to get people who don’t work for you, to do work for you.
So many people are in matrixed situations, or they are a program manager over an endeavor that is dependent on people from all over the place. Read More
Today I want to address a topic on process. But I want to re-label the word process to be “make sure to get stuff done”.
I am never a fan of process for process sake, but I am a big fan of taking the chaos and drama out of executing. Read More
I get a lot of questions from people about what it takes to be a good general manager.
So I am going to write about this over the next few weeks on this blog.
Stepping into a general manger role for the first time is a big deal because it is a very different job than you’ve had before. Read More
1. Understand what drives the business.
2. Put your work and your communications in that context.
3. This gives you a tremendous advantage. Don’t miss this.
THINK LIKE A GENERAL MANAGER
In this month’s webinar we covered the key aspects of how general managers think, and why it’s important to think like a GM, whether or not you want to be one. Read More
Awhile back I wrote a post about Debate Phase vs. Go Phase.
These labels help timid people raise issues when it’s helpful (Debate Phase) and then keep everyone focused on execution vs. talking more, when it is time to go. Read More
