Leadership Transitions: The Watkins Collection (4 Items)

184 Your Next Move

the entire table; it’s entirely possible that all the pieces of your

business will fall under just one or two categories.

Now do some quick-and-dirty prioritization. Using the right

column, take 100 “priority points” and divide them among the

units of analysis represented in your STARS portfolio, according

to the time and attention you think you’ll need to give each dur-

ing the next six months. It’s plausible, for instance, that Andy

would decide to allocate 50 percent of his time to the turnaround

of service center three; 35 percent of his hours to the realignment

of service center two; and 15 percent to ensuring that service cen-

ter one continues to sustain its success.

Finally, put an asterisk in the grid next to the type of ST ...