It is important to spend time thinking strategically about the future of your business.
Yet, most leadership teams fail to do so. They fail because they do not have a clear and simple way to get this strategic thinking time into their company routine or regular flight path.
Take a closer look at your regular day. What does it look like? Is it filled with various meetings and customer deliverables? Maybe a fire to put out here and there?
No leader is sitting on his or her butt waiting for something strategic to do! Being busy with the day-to-day operations of the business is the most common excuse for having time to think and work on winning moves. Then, a few years down the road, their growth flat lines. They are left scrambling desperately for growth.
"We don't have time" really means that a strategy for growth was not important enough. If you truly believe that it is important, prioritize it above the other things that compete for your time.
Source: Patrick Thean: Rhythm: How to Achieve Breakthrough Execution and Accelerate Growth
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