Have you been told that you need to be more strategic? …It requires only that you put the smallest decision in the context of the organization’s broader goals.
Liane Davey
Takeaways of Note:
To be more strategic; more deliberate, in your thoughts & actions:
- Make time to reflect before making decisions – What is involved? Who is involved? What is at stake? …what at first seems like an opportunity might reveal significant risk and what seemed risky at first might reveal a significant opportunity.
- Create connections between ideas, plans, and people that others fail to see.
- The ability and willingness to make choices – Possibilities are unlimited; time, money, and resources are not.
bonus nugget
It is at the point of choice that your ability to be strategic is finally tested. It isn’t without risks, but the risk of not choosing, of spreading limited resources over too many options is greater.
You will be seen as more strategic if you take action and course-correct than if you choose to stagnate and doing nothing or stall from trying to do everything.