Be a Great Boss: The Hill Collection (4 Items)

158 Manage Your Team

manage the tensions between staying the course and making

signifi cant change.

3. Identify How You Will Get from the

Present to the Future

Only after you defi ne the future can you consider how to move

from here to there.

What can you do to create that future? Are there forces at work

that create opportunities for you? How will you deal with the

forces working against you?

This “how to get there” will become your actual plan—the

strategies, milestones, and activities that will take you there.

The line between this step and the previous—where you’re

going and how you’ll get there—is often blurred. In fact, a useful

way to proceed is to move back and forth between the two steps by

conducting experiments or even ...