Break the Cycle of Setting and Forgetting this Year's Strategic Goals
The start of a year provides an ideal opportunity to define new goals and set a new course for the coming year. A new year invites optimism for this...
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Cecilia Lynch Nov 27, 2018 4:03:42 PM
Creating a winning strategic plan is awesome. You feel great, your team is motivated, and you see renewed passion and commitment to shared success.
However, after a few months, the team starts to fall back into old habits, and you hear folks making the same decisions appearing to backtrack on the commitments made during your planning meetings. You start to doubt if anything will ever change or if neglect will impact your goals and plans.
“Is it all falling apart?" I have heard doubt frequently expressed during the first phase of implementation. Doubt can come from any level: the CEO when frustrated with the pace of progress, an executive team member bitter because they sense a lack of commitment from others, or from single contributors looking for a way to engage in the new direction.
If you are not a CEO, or an executive team member or even a single contributor engaged in making the plan happen, you might feel limited to maintain the momentum naturally unleashed during a great strategic planning effort? Let me assure you; there are many ways to perpetuate strategic momentum and possibly position yourself as a strategic leader to boot!
In this blog series, I share with you five small but meaningful changes you can make to ensure progress on long-term goals and significantly enhance success.
Each of these alone can improve your organization’s chances of executing your plan successfully. But, embrace all five and watch your performance accelerate.
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