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How to hit the ground running in a big new role
Have you ever wondered how senior people hit the ground running in a new role? I recently spoke with Cerise Uden about her strategies for doing that on the Friday before she started a new senior program manager role. At the simplest level, we talked about preparation....
How to reduce rework for high-stakes communication
Over the past two weeks I have shared two ideas to help you lift the quality of your own papers and presentations. Today I share the third. It might seem like an odd one, but bear with me. It’s about velocity. How quickly can you develop and deliver powerful insights...
Is your communication insightful?
Last week I introduced the most important metric for evaluating whether communication is of a high standard or not. It’s not what you think. If you haven’t read it yet, go here. Today I move onto sharing my second ingredient for quality communication: quality of...
The most important measure of communication quality
When trying to work out if your communication is any good or not, do you wonder what is the most important measure of success? I have an unusual take on it. When it comes to important papers, my hunch is that the single most important needle to move is the...
Going from good to great
Jim Collins coined the term ‘from good to great’ with his seminal book of the same title, which I am sure you are familiar with. This is a challenge many of my mid to senior leaders wrestle with as we lift the quality of thinking in their major communication. Here are...
Can pushback be good?
Earlier this week I received some fabulous pushback on a project I am working on. I had got to a place where I thought it was pretty good - and ready go to production.I had received some very positive feedback from a number of stakeholders so had confidence.Then one...
BREAKTHROUGH THINKING STRATEGIES
