How to Create a Strategic Plan
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How do you challenge without creating misalignment?
Alignment vs Challenge When I left the Royal Marines, one of the biggest differences I noticed between the military and civilian world is the understanding of the difference between challenge and alignment. So I thought I’d share a view to help clarify the issue… Being challenging is important. When an issue or a decision is being discussed,…
Are you Sharpening the Axe?
‘Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe’ Abraham Lincoln There are broadly speaking two types of activity that we spend time focussing on. There are the things that you need to do in order to get the job done today. At work, these…
Why being ‘goal-orientated’ might not be such a good thing…
I am sitting down to write this relatively late in the day. Usually I write on a Wednesday and then review and publish on a Thursday. However, this week is a bit unusual as my wife gave birth to our son on Tuesday and we’re all a bit sleep deprived as we get into the new…
