by Carol Williams
The REAL answers to your Strategic Stuckness are embedded in the question: “if it’s so easy, why aren’t we all doing it?” Let’s jump into some effective FOCUSING strategies!
This is for you if ANY of these feel true:
– You start out with a plan
– Your plan is a joke by day’s end and you’re asking “why bother?”
– You start out without a plan…responding to emergencies (which somehow don’t quit)
In 2014, New Hampshire passed SB 207, the Paycheck Fairness Act, that prohibits conditioning employment on a promise to refrain from disclosing wages or to waive the right to disclose wages, salary, or paid benefits, and prohibits retaliation for disclosure. In fact, even if you have employees sign a nondisclosure agreement, they still have the right to discuss pay.
A recent survey showed that 87% of executives believe sales and marketing are the most pivotal activities in accelerating growth. Therefore, your growth strategy must minimize expenses and maximize revenues and focus on creating systems to bolster and measure the effectiveness of your marketing and sales activities.
When it comes to aligning with any of the new types of leadership models, it pays to get creative and break the mold.
Why is this the case?
The fact is, the corporate structure has long been a fairly uniform thing.
Historically speaking, executives were perceived as straight-laced individuals. They wore immaculately pressed suits and carried subdued reactions. In turn, they were viewed as the quintessential professional.
Think of classic films or TV shows like Mad Men. In past eras, executives always said the right thing and were not easily ruffled.
https://alistemarketing.com/blog/types-of-leadership-models/
You’ve heard the saying, “A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place.” Corporate America is teaching this as 6-S or Kaizen, but it simply means that you don’t waste time looking for things. Wasting time isn’t as important to you now, maybe, as it will be in 10 or 20 years, but I strongly believe that there is a time for everything and…timing is everything. In this regard, you are the equal to every person in this world. You have the same 24 hours a day that every other person in the world does, but what you do with those hours is up to you. A business hero of mine is Seth Godin (www.sethgodin.com). In a recent blog, he stated, “… Are you intentional about what you’re learning, or connecting with, or the entertainment you’re investing in? We don’t have a lot of time. It seems to me that being intentional about how we spend our precious attention is the least we can do for it.”
