From Vision to Tactics: How to Stay Focused on What Really Matters as a Leader
The leaders I work with highlight to me that their biggest issues are burnout, stress, and overwhelm.
It is hard not to feel overwhelmed when you are leading an organisation. Leaders must do so much with limited resources, while keeping up with technology, managing a virtual and often global workforce that spans multiple generations, and do it all in a challenging economy.
Leaders share with me the following key frustrations:
- It is stressful to keep having to do more and more, with fewer and fewer resources.
- The pace of change and technology is so rapid that it feels impossible to keep up.
- It is incredibly difficult to focus on a few priorities in a world with infinite possibilities.
This feeling of overwhelm can infect the entire business, so that everyone feels like they are unfocused, moving in too many directions, and not quite in synch with others.
I have a solution that is so simple and yet powerful that you might not believe it…
There is no magic bullet for today’s business realities, but there is a simple, powerful tool that can get you and your team grounded, and focused on what really matters. I call it my Leadership Dashboard. On a single page, it captures eight key areas that every leader needs to consider. It includes a succinct summary of:
- The organisation’s vision.
- The organisation’s purpose and mission.
- Values.
- Strategic edge.
- Top 3 initiatives.
- Key performance indicators to track success.
- Key business and professional relationships.
- Top strategies to build organisational capacity and professional growth.
Imagine if you and your entire team was focused on the same things, aligned with a common vision and purpose!
The Leader’s Dashboard is one of the simplest and yet most powerful tools for leaders in organisations of all sizes to:
- Focus on what matters, so that you spend your time doing the things that have the most impact.
- Make sure that everyone in the business is aligned and accountable.
- Develop leaders who continue to move the organisation forward.
If you have questions or want to discuss the Leader’s Dashboard with no obligation, book a strategy session with me here.