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Planning Strategic Meetings That Drive Results: The POAD Framework
Whether you're organizing a multi-day workshop or a focused one-hour session, the POAD framework ensures your meetings deliver real outcomes. This simple yet powerful methodology—Purpose, Objectives, Activities, and Deliverables—creates alignment from the start and enables rapid progress by connecting every element of your gathering.
Too Busy for Strategy? The Hidden Costs of ‘Just Doing’
How many times have you jumped into executing a project and thought that you “don’t have time for strategy”. Here’s the irony—without a documented strategy, execution can be chaotic, reactive, and inefficient. Even worse, you might not even realize where waste is occurring.
The secret to avoiding churn at work
Recently, I have been working with a client to improve its internal operations. The team has many great ideas, but it has taken a significant amount of time to show results. In a few instances, there has been so much uncertainty that ideas never actually crystalize into projects. Direct reports failing to start risks missing objectives and can become a leader’s worst nightmare!
Asking around pays off: the benefits of user research
When creating something new, it's always a good idea to get input from your target audience. After all, while you know a lot, doing so may reveal a few blind spots.