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Strategic Focus for Managers

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Learn strategies that can help managers and their teams determine what to focus on more strategically. Discover how to prioritize your work, say no to distractions, and more.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • The importance of focus
  • Create impact with focus
1. The Case for Focus
  • The benefits of focus
2. Setting Direction
  • Setting vision and mission
  • Guiding principles and strategic filters
  • Communicating direction
3. Prioritizing Work
  • Running a prioritization process
  • Embedding prioritization
  • Stopping off-track work
4. Driving Daily Behaviors
  • Asking yourself, "Should I?"
  • Challenging team members
  • Saying no
  • Understanding opportunity cost
5. Adjusting Focus
  • Reassessing current work
  • Evaluating new opportunities
  • Shifting focus
Conclusion
  • Pitfalls
  • Next steps

Taught by

Mike Figliuolo

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