The great business leaders I meet have a gut feel, an inner knowing, a sixth sense, about how best to get where they are going within the context of where the world is going.
- Do your board members or directors have a feel for the modern world and where we are going as a civilization?
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Do they have a feel for what all your stakeholders demand, desire, feel they deserve, and how best to deliver?
- If you are a board member or director - do you?
If I answered no to these questions in my organisation I would quickly begin to plan and execute my exit strategy!
The easiest way to get a feel for the most appropriate strategy to get where you're going, is to spend time with stakeholders - particularly the key deliverers of value to stakeholders:
- Employees, and,
- The greatest receivers of value, customers.
Ask them if where you think you're going is a place they would be happy to go with you. It is not rocket science to work out that if they wouldn't be happy, why would you want to be headed in that direction!
If you accept lesson one, in the article "Simplifying Strategy And Execution: All Stakeholders Are Important" then you are already planning on speaking with your stakeholders and asking them a few key questions, right?
Remarkable board members, directors, and executives spend time in person with stakeholders so that they know intimately their feelings and thoughts and can therefore make decisions based on reality.
While I am a big advocate of surveying all stakeholders at least once a year to assess engagement levels and other vital areas, there is no substitute for face-to-face contact with people so that we can interact on a emotional level.
Read the article "Simplifying Strategy And Execution: All Stakeholders Are Important"
Read the article "Simplifying Strategy And Execution: Aligning Possibility, Purpose And Principles"
Read the article "Simplifying Strategy And Execution: Turning Strategic Thinking Into Strategic Insight"
Read the article "Simplifying Strategy And Execution: Strategic Planning Is An Oxymoron"
Read the article "Simplifying Strategy And Execution: Transparency Is Essential"
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