Commit to your own strategy reboot?

We apply strategy daily to help our clients focus, prioritize, and make tough decisions. How about your own career? 

Who are you?

• You are good at your job. You’ve been promoted. You manage headcount
• You are motivated and reliable. A firefighter. A strong track record, and you’re exhausted
• What got you here (good) will not get you there (elite)

Career strategy, not just planning

We already plan a lot. Analyzing the data. Breaking down your goals in action plans, budgets, tactics. Now it’s time to be a career strategist:
• Build on your unfair advantages, what you are uniquely good at
• Redefine what “winning” looks like for you; more than just hitting your targets
• Articulate what trade-offs you need to make (“heck yes” or “no”)

What does that look like?

• Manage up, doing great work; earn the right to say “no” without losing political capital
• Get pulled into critical conversations earlier – not after the fact
• Become mini-famous for your decisions and judgment, not just your hard work
• Get over the imposter syndrome; stop sounding like a manager
• Run experiments – professionally, personally – not waiting for permission
• Streamline your system so that excellence becomes a habit, not an action item

Who is John?

Associate professor in the practice at Emory’s Goizueta Business School. A management consultant by training and passion: 5 years at Deloitte, 6 years in healthcare consulting. Love all things consulting and learning: 80,000+ learners on Coursera, 600+ blog posts like this:

Next steps: 

  • Read a few articles above
  • Do you have the time, budget to commit to your own strategy reboot?
  • Email me jkstrategy@consultantsmind.com
  • Let’s have a 20 min working session, see if there’s a fit