Would You Invite Employees to Vote on Strategic Direction?
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Would You Invite Employees to Vote on Strategic Direction?
The point of this example is to demonstrate three things. First, the process of strategy is not a linear process but an iterative cycle. The climate may affect your purpose, the environment may affect your strategy and your actions may affect all. Second, acting is essential to learning. Lastly your purpose isn’t fixed, it changes as your landscape... See more
Simon Wardley • Highlights From medium.com
any strategy development process must be consultative, one in which individual partners can become convinced that the benefits to them personally of achieving the goals will be worth the personal “costs” of doing new things or different things.
David H. Maister • Managing The Professional Service Firm
In order confirm team buy in, leaders should focus on 3 goals:
1. Share the integrated plan with Team leaders2. Make final tweaks based on their input3. Commit and share widely
1. Share the integrated plan with Team leaders2. Make final tweaks based on their input3. Commit and share widely
review.firstround.com • The Secret to a Great Planning Process - Lessons from Airbnb and Eventbrite
This may sound painful now, but in our experience, having your strategy inform your structure (versus the other way around) is the only way to be successful long-term