Do you think you work from a growth mindset? All the time? Probably not! Everyone has thoughts that sabotage productive mindsets. Learn to identify them and how to shift to a growth mindset to accomplish whatever you want.
Strategy Starts Long-Term
Most teams start planning from where they are to where they want to go. This is backward. Start with and keep in mind the long-term. Then, work back to prioritize the most important next steps that deliver your vision. Let's look at how it works. Starting planning with a short-term perspective creates stress and can …
Start with these Fundamentals
Leaders can reach their vision by adopting these 8 fundamental practices. They deliver the results to reach success. The StrategyOS works with these fundamentals by creating a process to execute them as part of your daily work. This super post overviews and links to detail posts on each practice. https://horizonlinegroup.com/2023/02/21/your-business-model-cheat-sheet/ https://horizonlinegroup.com/2023/02/21/be-great-at-people/ https://horizonlinegroup.com/2023/02/21/organize-around-themes/ https://horizonlinegroup.com/2023/02/20/keep-score/ https://horizonlinegroup.com/2016/10/20/the-strategic-planning-cycle/ https://horizonlinegroup.com/2022/12/14/great-strategies-are-built-one-rock-at-a-time/ …
Organize around Themes
The article introduces Themes as a fundamental practices for success. Organize around Themes to ensure work aligns with delivering the vision. Themes offer a 2-5 year picture of how the business will look. They provide a powerful framework for planning and executing, shaping future outcomes, and differentiating the business.
Shared Business Model; Your Vision Cheat Sheet
The best Business Models can be communicated in a few words, documented in a couple pages, and managed with a few meetings. Your Business Model should fit on one or two pages. It should be shared, known and worked on by everyone in your business. Create a Cheat Sheet (n: a written or graphic aid …
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Workshops Going Virtual
This week I held my first fully remote Strategy Choices Workshop with the leadership team from Formula Roofing. Here's some good and needs improvement things I learned through the process. Let's start with social validation: "This high focus forum has been a very effective way to discuss high level issues with the whole management team" …
Military Leadership Lessons
The military teaches that leadership is about caring for those in your charge. Yes, that's me on the far left as a new army Lieutenant with my first platoon on a field exercise in Korea. Here are 8 lessons I learned to better care for others on your team: 1. Empathy: Really listen to those …
Meta Work
If you're an entrepreneur, you need to do three things well to realize your vision: 1. Work in the business 2. Work on the business 3. Work on improving how you work on the business These three areas compound success. Lets dive deeper...
Become Level 5 to go from Good to Great
In his book, Good to Great, Jim Collins credits level 5 leadership as a defining characteristic of those who guided their companies to great success by outpacing the average in his study. Beyond foundational leadership skills, Level 5 leaders added these defining traits:
Strategy OS – An Overview
Most business leaders assume that by working harder in the business, they will reach their vision. Instead what they need is a StrategyOS that delivers success in a dependable way. What is a Strategy OS and how can you use it in your business? Much like a computer operating system that runs programs to create …
