| 1. Make a MAP (Mission Action Plan).
Define your Organization's 10 - 10 & 10 List. 10 Things your organization wants to be,
have and do by a specific end date. It may be a year time frame or in the case of an
organization's strategic plan, a 5 year destination. Always remember, if you "Think
It, Ink It". Nothing beats a framed list of your Top 10 that is posted visibly for
everyone in the organization to see each day.
Case in point: When the great visionary, Walt Disney was
building Disney, he told the construction team to "Build the Castle First"
noting the construction and business team needed to See the Castle. Have your Castle and
your Organization's Destination visible to all stakeholders every day. Often times, the
biggest problem with business plans is they get tucked away out of view and often
forgotten.
2. Develop (NA) Thinking (Next Action Thinking).
For each team goal, define "immediate next actions". Writing down 1 to 3
critical and immediate next actions helps you leave the garage of goal setting and start
building momentum toward organizational goals. Those "Next Actions" will
eventually evolve into a project task list but start small with 1 to 3 achievable NA's and
watch your project take flight.
3. Is it All in Your Head?
It should be! Learn Creative Problem Solving & Strategic Planning Methodologies. There
are many myths out there about Creativity, including that it's either left or right brain.
During our GPS Think Tank Training, we teach teams how to apply both creative and
scientific models of problem solving and strategy to business and individual challenges.
So if you or your organization appears to be on the Road to Nowhere, you may need a pivot
point to "Develop Longer Lists and Better Choices." That's great advice from the
Author of Think Better, Tim Hurson. Explore teaching Creative Problem Solving Tools and
Techniques to your Team.
4. Assemble a Tribal Council:
The Young Presidents Organization (YPO) represents the true success of the wisdom that
"We indeed become the people we spend time with". In YPO Forums, Top CEO's work
with each other in trusted forums of communication, where challenges are tackled with
honesty, trust and application in a Pow-Wow/Council format. So who are the people you
spend time with? Consider assembling own Personal Board of Directors who will challenge
you, mentor you and provide a springboard for new ideas.
5. Check and Juggle the Cornerstones of Progress (
Strategy, Technology, People and Training Delivery).
If you or your organization have lost your Mojo, chances are one or more of these key
cornerstones may be vulnerable. I am currently working on the single largest client
technology platform in the history of financial services. While the technology is of
course mission critical, the strategy, people and delivery of that platform to the field
carries equal weight to the success of the project. To demonstrate the point the lead
project manager masterfully juggled 4 pieces of fruit to an audience of 200, noting
"you can have the best technology in the world" but without the people, the
strategy and the training, you won't be an act to follow. |
