Where Are You Going? How a 3–5 Year Vision Becomes Your Team's Decision Filter
It's a whole lot easier to say 'no' when you know what you're saying 'yes' to. Here's how one client is using a longer-term direction to cut through the noise.
In my last note, I mentioned a client whose leadership team had fallen into the habit of everyone being involved in everything.
We traced a lot of that back to one problem: they hadn't clearly defined where they wanted the company to be in 3 to 5 years.
So we're spending two days together working on that, and then connecting the longer-term direction to their 2027 goals.
The idea isn't to create a fancy vision statement. It's to give the team a practical way to decide what deserves their time and attention.
If something moves them toward where they've agreed they want to go, maybe it's a priority. If it doesn't, maybe it can wait.
It's a whole lot easier to say 'no' when you know what you're saying 'yes' to.
AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE
Earlier this year I hung up my skydiving kit and picked up sport skeet shooting instead — and it's turned out to be way more fun than I expected. I've even got a shooting coach helping me improve my game.
— Ron
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Ron works with IT services and growth-stage companies to build the leadership clarity and execution discipline that drives results.
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