Do you struggle to make time for strategic thinking?
Most of my clients tell me they do, and I also find it a challenge. It is so easy to be swept away by the ‘now', the urgent requests for things to be delivered.
The busyness can feel satisfying as we tick things off lists. However, it leaves us open to the risk of delivering more ‘stuff' and less ‘impact'.
In a communication sense, it leaves people reworking papers late at night because they haven't allowed time to think during the day. This is particularly so for those who lead teams and realise late in the piece that their team's papers need an overhaul before being fit for purpose.
My collaborator, Richard Medcalf of XQuadrant, has helped me enormously in this regard and I am excited to tell you about his upcoming book.
Making Time for Strategy offers deceptively simple yet ‘real world' achievable techniques that have shifted my perspective, my behaviour and my results.
In this latest episode of my new Cutting Through podcast I share my first of six interviews with Richard that share some of the insights from his book.
You can listen on your favourite podcasting platform, or on my website >>
I hope that helps. More next week.
Kind regards,
Davina
Registrations Open:
Thinking Skills Workshop
December 14th
Learn how to connect the dots between complex ideas so you can prepare insightful and engaging communication.
In this 2-hour workshop I introduce the core thinking skills that underpin our ability to deliver insight rather than just ‘information'. During this interactive workshop you will
- Learn the basis for structuring a compelling business story
- Practice three core thinking skills that will set your communication apart from others
- Leverage our seven most-commonly used story structuring patterns
- Work in a small group to rework a short prose communication
Only 20 places are offered to allow me to answer everyone's questions.
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PRESENTED BY DAVINA STANLEY
Davina has helped smart people all over the world clarify and communicate complex ideas for 20+ years.
She began this work when she joined McKinsey & Company as a communication specialist in Hong Kong where she helped others use the Minto Pyramid PrincipleⓇ.
She continued helping others when living in New York, Tokyo and now back in Australia where she was approved by Barbara Minto herself to teach Pyramid.
Her clients include experts across many disciplines across Australia, Asia Pacific, New Zealand, the UK and the US. She currently coaches a number of C-suite executives as well as many mid-level folk and the occasional graduate.
Get her 4 Tips for Communicating Complex Ideas here.