This is the place to start for Making Strategy Happen in your organization. There are three critical things that you as a leader must do to win: Develop and sustain the right focus. Build the right team. Create the right environment. And what drives those three things? Having the right commitment.
Do you?
WHAT TO DO:
1.It starts with the Right Focus. Does your organization have a robust and repeatable strategic process to develop and execute strategy? If not, and if that’s not acceptable, then it’s time to embrace Strategic Management:
Do: Are You and Your Team Focused?
Learn: The Triumph of Strategic Management over Strategic Planning
Do: Strategy is a Process, not an Event
2. Do you have the Right Team – the right combination of people who are capable and motivated to win? If not, it’s time to strengthen your selection process:
Do: Are You Effectively Evaluating and Selecting the Right People?
Do: 4 Things You Should Consider When Selecting Team Members
Blog: 6 Critical Traits to Look for When Hiring
Blog: Without Know-How and Know-What, There’s No Way
Blog: How We Misjudge a Candidate’s Background When Hiring
Blog: Why it’s Important to Hire for Values
Blog: How to Evaluate Potential Team Members: Converging Evidence
… and how you approach recruitment:
Learn: Do You Recruit Employees or Compete for Talent?
Learn: Should You Hire for Cultural Fit?
3. Have you created the Right Environment? One in which everything that impacts your team is consistently aligned with winning? Here’s a way to find out, and what to do if you haven’t (and if you’re like 95% of leaders, you haven’t):
Learn: Why Leaders Must be Ruthlessly Consistent
Do: Have You Created a Winning Environment?
