What it Takes to Achieve ‘What’s Next’ (Part 2): Plan
In the first part of this series, we looked into the importance of dreaming as the first step towards achieving your next big thing. Now, let’s talk about the second crucial step: Planning! Planning is where your dream starts to take shape, where you map out the route to your destination. Let’s get into it.
Strategic Planning is Your Blueprint
Strategic planning goes beyond a simple to-do list; it serves as an intricate blueprint that brings your dream into focus. A meticulously crafted plan acts as your navigational chart, steering you through both challenges and opportunities with unwavering clarity and purpose.
Prioritize and Sequence
In the planning phase, you’ll likely have a multitude of tasks and objectives. The key is to prioritize them based on their impact and sequence them in a logical, effective order. This ensures you’re not just busy, but productive. It allows you to allocate your resources—time, energy, and capital—where they will...
Podcast Episode #82: "Transforming Business During Disruptive Times" - an Interview with Amy Bunszel
Transforming Business During Disruptive Times
In case you missed my LIVE interview with the amazing Amy Bunszel (Executive Vice President of Architecture, Engineering & Design Solutions, Autodesk), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared
- Inclusive and diverse cultures are more likely to be agile and innovative. These cultures have less turnover, thanks to increased morale, opportunity and equity.
- Incorporating one time company holidays when the stress is really building up. The entire company being off allows people to recharge fully.
- Reach out to your employees to let them know that as leaders, we are paying attention to what is happening internally and externally.
- As a leader, ask yourself how are you enabling others? What really motivates you? Try to stay true to that as you navigate through your career, because there'll be twists and turns along the way. -
- It’s imperative that we ensure the right amount of flexibility so that people who want to spend more time in...
Podcast Episode #78: "Keeping Products and People on Track in Disruptive Times - an Interview with Karen Pilla
Keeping Products and People on Track During Disruptive Times
In case you missed my LIVE interview with the phenomenal Karen Pilla (Senior Director, Development Operations, Oracle), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:
- The key word is flexible. You have to be flexible during these times. It's okay to hit that wall. And take some time for yourself
- It's okay not to always feel productive especially when going through times of change.
- As a leader it's important to give them the freedom to act and if they don't have the best day today, they'll do better tomorrow.
- The most important piece of being able to keep people productive is making sure that they understand that it's possible to be flexible.
- It’s important to throw in some fun activities in weekly meetings and calls to keep morale high and to destress.
- For products, It's essential to be realistic and flexible, about what our deadlines are, when we can deliver things.
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Leverage Mental Toughness to Rock Disruption
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We all face the threat of someone or something disrupting our status quo. The mere thought of disruption can be paralyzing or it can be a secret weapon. It’s all in your mindset and what you choose to do with it.
Here’s one tip to "Leverage Mental Toughness to Rock Disruption" so you can get aggressive today about planning how to rise above the rest tomorrow: Keep this in mind, and you’ll be on your way to using a tool you already have in a way that most people don’t know about.
Here’s how: Use fear to drive progress.
In order to foster creativity, productivity and courage it’s important to use this emotion to your benefit rather than to your detriment. Fear can be paralyzing or it can be a super power. It depends on your mindset, how you perceive it.
Here’s how to take the first step:
1.) Recognize a potential threat and its consequences.
2.) Release that fear by accepting it, and then...
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