Chapter 16
Provide clarity
One of your most important roles as a leader is to provide clarity to your people, in planning, project management and communication
What do you want me to do? What’s next? Remind me again, why are we doing this? These are the questions you field every day as a leader. Depending on your role and seniority, your team will look to you to provide clarity on company mission and goals, clarity around how people should work together, clarity on the success of projects, and clarity around what’s coming next. It’s unrealistic to think you can provide certainty in a fast-moving environment, but what you can do is provide as much clarity – of purpose, process and priorities – to your team as you are capable of.
As a leader, ...
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