Friday, September 23, 2005
Gutless, Feckless Beltway Dems, Corporatese Edition
You can't Execute or Implement if you don't have a Vision and a Goal and a Plan.
Once you Craft a solid Plan you can Present it to the Stakeholders and get Buy-In. Only then can you Execute Effectively.
Let's say there are two teams working on a project. One team is the lead team.
The non-lead team calls a meeting with management:
"The lead team has made some very bad decisions that have been very damaging to the company. We think we should replace them as the lead team."
Some obvious questions from the management would be:
"Why didn't you try to stop the lead team from making those bad decisions?"
"Why didn't you tell us earlier, urgently and unequivocally, that these were bad decisions and were going to hurt the company?"
"What would you do differently if you were the lead team? What is your plan?"
What if the non-lead team refused to answer those questions or acted evasive?
Would you approve the switch if you were the management?
What if you demanded answers to those questions before you would approve the switch?
Once you Craft a solid Plan you can Present it to the Stakeholders and get Buy-In. Only then can you Execute Effectively.
Let's say there are two teams working on a project. One team is the lead team.
The non-lead team calls a meeting with management:
"The lead team has made some very bad decisions that have been very damaging to the company. We think we should replace them as the lead team."
Some obvious questions from the management would be:
"Why didn't you try to stop the lead team from making those bad decisions?"
"Why didn't you tell us earlier, urgently and unequivocally, that these were bad decisions and were going to hurt the company?"
"What would you do differently if you were the lead team? What is your plan?"
What if the non-lead team refused to answer those questions or acted evasive?
Would you approve the switch if you were the management?
What if you demanded answers to those questions before you would approve the switch?