CHAPTER 12
Reflect on Your Actions and Choices
by Liane Davey
Being more strategic doesn’t mean making choices that affect the whole organization or allocating scarce budget dollars. It requires only that you put even the smallest decisions in the context of the organization’s broader goals. Nurturing a relationship that could provide unique insight into a supplier, a customer, or a competitor is highly strategic. Everyone has an opportunity to think more strategically.
If you’re not being seen as enough of a strategic thinker, my guess is that it’s because you’re so busy. Between meetings, emails, phone calls, and other immediate demands, there’s often not much time left for work that requires deep thought. The result is decisions that are based ...
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