August 2015
Intermediate to advanced
216 pages
4h 9m
English
Content preview from Leading Teams - 10 Challenges : 10 Solutions
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chapter 6
How do you encourage long-term thinking?
- Increasing the team’s ability to focus on the long term
- Increasing the team’s awareness of the need to be more strategic and considering the impact of decisions and actions
‘The more you chase the Holy Grail of short-term performance, the less you get in long-term results.’
Walter Cabot
Self-assessment
Before reading the chapter, do the following quick self-assessment.
How would you rate the following in your team?
The ever-changing team
Bridget had been going at great speed for a long time and just needed some breathing space. She had asked her assistant to put one hour of thinking time into ...