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Organizational change, and transformation is challenging, but if you’re an innovators, creating change is all you do within your organization.
Although many of my readers know me for my work on service improvements, I must confess that digital products have a special place in my world. I’m a bit of a tech geek at heart ever since I wrote my own little computer game in Basic when I was in high school (most people don’t know this about me, it is well disguised, ha ha. My father had just built one of the early PC’s in South Africa at the time, by soldering chips individually on a motherboard that he’d imported from the UK. The tech bug was infectious.)
So that may be why I just loved talking with Chad McAllister, PhD, the host of Product Mastery Now podcast. Chad is based in Denver Colorado, and conducts interviews to help product managers and leaders become product masters to create products that customers love.
Now you’ve probably heard stories about how some digital product companies like IBM successfully transformed, and those like Kodak did not. In an enjoyable conversation, Chad extracted my three “secrets” for faster and better strategy execution for the product world
My best tip:
This tip is also my favorite quote that I discussed with Chad: “You can’t get to the Unicorn Zone by pushing harder. You must create a pull effect.” Lisa Carlin (See more here).This applies to internal change within organizations: find ways for your people to enthusiastically request the new systems / changes / strategies you are launching.
Marketing executives particularly will know this also applies to external customers. In fact it applies to all stakeholders you are aiming to influence to do something different. Pull is more effective than push approaches.
Anyone who has fed broccoli to children will know this!
For more on the pull vs push effect and other stories, listen or read the summary of my chat with Chad McAllster on www.ProductMasteryNow.com/465. You can also listen using your favorite podcast app by searching for “Product Mastery Now”.
Clients, partners and sponsors
HowToo is an online platform for mid to large sized organizations that need to onboard customers at scale, fast and easily. You can create and share beautifully branded product orientation, and track what people are engaging with.
To find out more, contact Lisa Rodgers on lrodgers@howtoo.co and mention my name.
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PSS Not sure how to get your strategy unstuck, projects powering, and transformation turbocharged? I can help you.
Get your question answered free. How: Email me – I answer your questions in these newsletters.- Discuss your question with me and other global transformation leaders, in our monthly Zoom group coaching sessions. How: Join Turbocharge Your Transformation membership.
- Plan your next project in 1on1 mentoring sessions with me. How: Simply reply to this email.
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About Lisa Carlin
As a strategy execution specialist and scaleup mentor, Lisa works with ambitious digital leaders to turbocharge their transformation and business planning. Lisa’s clients have an independent sounding board and expert advice so they have absolute confidence they WILL ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. Lisa is Co-Founder and Director of FutureBuilders Group of organisational development specialists, and volunteers as Chair of the University of Cape Town Australia Trust. Her early career was with Accenture (South Africa) and McKinsey (USA).
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What’s better than kicking off the year with time-saving strategies for managing stakeholders? Join me as I share invaluable tips to help you stay on top of your strategy execution, project management, and business transformation throughout the year.
Welcome to more ways to Turbocharge in 2024.
Let’s kick off the year with time saving strategies to managing your stakeholders.
My Best tip
Time spent on stakeholders should be strategically rationed and leveraged. Consider the groups and individuals who are impacted by your innovation, OR who have significant influence over your strategy.
Ensure you involve them in an appropriate way, leveraging your time effectively. Some in low touch through email/video updates, some personally in groups, some high touch 1on1. Think about stakeholder management strategically. If you don’t, you will land up…
spending MORE TIME
having MORE CONVERSATIONS
revisiting the SAME TOPICS
without having the cut through that you need.
This is one of the most important reasons I see for failure of strategy execution and change programs. Below is a 3 minute extract from a recent masterclass on the Six Secrets to Stakeholder Success, part of the Turbocharge membership.
You’re invited to a free discussion on Stakeholder Management
My new years gift to my readers is a complimentary invitation to our first scheduled Turbocharge group coaching session for 2024. It is held on Zoom on January 30th 2024, 8-9am Sydney AEDT, which is the afternoon of January 29th in the US. It is a Q&A format. Bring your questions on stakeholder management, or send to me beforehand and I’ll protect your confidentiality. You are welcome to watch, or participate in the discussion.
Register here and you will receive a confirmation email with Zoom details.
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Quote of the day
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Dr. Seuss.
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PSS Not sure how to get your strategy unstuck, projects powering, and transformation turbocharged? I can help you.
- Get your question answered free. How: Email me – I answer your questions in these newsletters.
- Discuss your question with me and other global transformation leaders, in our monthly Zoom group coaching sessions. How: Join Turbocharge Your Transformation membership.
- Plan your next project in 1on1 mentoring sessions with me. How: Simply reply to this email.
If you’re interested in
#strategyexecution,
#digitaltransformation,
#changemanagement…
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About Lisa Carlin
As a strategy execution specialist and scaleup mentor, Lisa works with ambitious digital leaders to turbocharge their transformation and business planning. Lisa’s clients have an independent sounding board and expert advice so they have absolute confidence they WILL ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. Lisa is Co-Founder and Director of FutureBuilders Group of organisational development specialists, and volunteers as Chair of the University of Cape Town Australia Trust. Her early career was with Accenture (South Africa) and McKinsey (USA).
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A heartfelt thank you to everyone in my turbocharge community – your support means the world to me! As we reflect on #strategy, #change, and #transformation, let’s embrace the power of growth.
As 2024 draws to a close, I’m pleased to share with you my 5 most popular strategy execution articles for the year.
I’ve personally written all editions of Turbocharge Weekly for you. At the moment, I’m using AI for idea generation, and for some longer article outlines, but not for drafting my weekly newsletters. My tips are written from my personal experiences of working on over 50 transformation and strategy initiatives, and I find that AI cannot do this (yet).
Best newsletter for 2023:
- The-Future-of-Strategy
- Strategy is not democratic
- How to successfully implement a restructure
- Energize Your Work Through Personal Purpose
- Unlocking the Power of AI for Strategy Execution, Change Management, and Project Management
It has been a wonderful year for Turbocharge Weekly. I started in January with a data base of around 1,500 previous clients, colleagues and friends. We have grown to around 6,000 subscribers. Your referrals continue to help me get closer to my goal of 10,000 subscribers. Thank you for reading and forwarding my work.
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Quote of the week
“Habits matter because they help you become the person you wish to be.”
James Clear, Bestselling Author of Atomic Habits
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Happy holidays, whatever and wherever and however you celebrate. May there be more peace in our world in 2024.
Keep turbocharging, keep growing 😊🌱📈
PSS Not sure how to get your strategy unstuck, projects powering, and transformation turbocharged? I can help you.
- Get your question answered free. How: Email me – I answer your questions in these newsletters.
- Discuss your question with me and other global transformation leaders, in our monthly Zoom group coaching sessions. How: Join Turbocharge Your Transformation membership.
- Plan your next project in 1on1 mentoring sessions with me. How: Simply reply to this email.
If you’re interested in
#strategyexecution,
#digitaltransformation,
#changemanagement…
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About Lisa Carlin
As a strategy execution specialist and scaleup mentor, Lisa works with ambitious digital leaders to turbocharge their transformation and business planning. Lisa’s clients have an independent sounding board and expert advice so they have absolute confidence they WILL ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. Lisa is Co-Founder and Director of FutureBuilders Group of organisational development specialists, and volunteers as Chair of the University of Cape Town Australia Trust. Her early career was with Accenture (South Africa) and McKinsey (USA).
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According to Inc, 9% of the goals we set are actually implemented. This is almost as bad as the proportion of strategy execution failure!
Are you thinking about your goals for 2024 as this year comes to an end?
Can you guess what proportion of our goals that we set are actually implemented? Inc says its around a 9% success rate.
Pretty dismal. (Almost as bad as the proportion of strategy execution failure!).
Read on and let’s see if we can beat these odds.
Types of goals
Think about the different types of goals you can set. Here are some types to prompt your brainstorming:
- Business – financial, culture, your team, projects, innovation, products
- Your own work focus: type of work you want, type of clients/customers
- Career
- Learning
- Personal – Financial, family, social, community, volunteering
- Well-being – physical health, spiritual, happiness
Set your goals in 3 steps:
- Brainstorm all the goals you would love to accomplish, across any of the above categories. Make notes on your phone or wherever you can access easily. Do this over several days. Keep adding to the list. Think about EVERYTHING you’d like to do. This will help you de-clutter your brain.
- Then chose 3 achievable, realistic goals. Just 3. The process of prioritizing what you really, really want to do will help you FOCUS.
- Write your top 3 goals on paper and pin them to your wall or fridge where you will see them daily: there is something tactile about writing things down that helps, even for digitally-oriented people like me.
Clients, partners and sponsors
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Quote of the week
“Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.” Peter Drucker, legendary management author.
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If you find this article useful, please forward it to others who will benefit.
If your goals include growing your transformation and innovation impact at scale, join your tribe, the Turbocharge membership at the price of a coffee a day. This is for future-oriented thinkers who want to change the ecosystem. Absolutely NOT for focusing on business as usual.
Keep turbocharging, keep growing 😊🌱📈
PSS Not sure how to get your strategy unstuck, projects powering, and transformation turbocharged? I can help you.
- Get your question answered free. How: Email me – I answer your questions in these newsletters.
- Discuss your question with me and other global transformation leaders, in our monthly Zoom group coaching sessions. How: Join Turbocharge Your Transformation membership.
- Plan your next project in 1on1 mentoring sessions with me. How: Simply reply to this email.
If you’re interested in
#strategyexecution,
#digitaltransformation,
#changemanagement…
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About Lisa Carlin
As a strategy execution specialist and scaleup mentor, Lisa works with ambitious digital leaders to turbocharge their transformation and business planning. Lisa’s clients have an independent sounding board and expert advice so they have absolute confidence they WILL ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. Lisa is Co-Founder and Director of FutureBuilders Group of organisational development specialists, and volunteers as Chair of the University of Cape Town Australia Trust. Her early career was with Accenture (South Africa) and McKinsey (USA).
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If you’re a transformation leader, you can seamlessly integrate strategy within your unique cultural context for amazing results.
A business plan that doesn’t suit the culture of the organization is useless. I’m designing a strategic planning workshop for a client. One of the first questions I’ve asked the CEO is to describe their culture. This allows me to guide the workshop participants to develop a strategic plan that is implementable within their culture.
You’ve probably heard the quote: culture eats strategy for breakfast (typically attributed to Peter Drucker). As a transformation leader or innovator, you need to work effectively within your culture to get things done at scale. If you can’t, then your strategy will never be implemented. So I’d add to this expression:
Culture eats strategy execution for lunch.
Tip for the week
There are many attributes that can describe your culture. Chose 2-3 specific words (only), and then base your strategy execution planning (process and content) around these characteristics.
For example, my FutureBuilders colleagues and I were supporting a client to develop their strategic plan. The client’s culture is siloed, and strongly mission driven. We centred their strategic plan on an emotive call to action, to galvanize and unify the business (the content of the plan matched the culture). It was developed with involvement of each division at different levels (the planning process matched the culture). This generated outstanding buy-in to the overall plan from the different “siloes” of the business, and they are now making good progress against their plan. (I always change details so clients cannot be identified.)
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Podcast interview
Listen to Shelley Flett’s Dynamic Leader podcast, discussing workplace culture and other implementation tips with me. Shelley is a DYNAMIC leadership trainer and coach, based in Melbourne, Australia.
Quote of the week
“When people feel that they are able to bring their emotional truth to the workplace with leaders who are compassionate and curious rather than leaders who want the answers, that is a first building block of emotional agility.” Dr Susan David, Psychologist, Harvard.
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If you find this article useful, please forward it to others who will benefit.
Besides these free resources, I also offer the Turbocharge membership at the price of a coffee a day.
Keep turbocharging, keep growing 😊🌱📈
PSS Not sure how to get your strategy unstuck, projects powering, and transformation turbocharged? I can help you.
- Get your question answered free. How: Email me – I answer your questions in these newsletters.
- Discuss your question with me and other global transformation leaders, in our monthly Zoom group coaching sessions. How: Join Turbocharge Your Transformation membership.
- Plan your next project in 1on1 mentoring sessions with me. How: Simply reply to this email.
If you’re interested in
#strategyexecution,
#digitaltransformation,
#changemanagement…
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About Lisa Carlin
As a strategy execution specialist and scaleup mentor, Lisa works with ambitious digital leaders to turbocharge their transformation and business planning. Lisa’s clients have an independent sounding board and expert advice so they have absolute confidence they WILL ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. Lisa is Co-Founder and Director of FutureBuilders Group of organisational development specialists, and volunteers as Chair of the University of Cape Town Australia Trust. Her early career was with Accenture (South Africa) and McKinsey (USA).
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Learn how to progress your strategy execution process and implement your plan, while helping others with their own sense of overload.
In October 31th 2023, I wrote a blog about information overload. Our brains are, quite simply, tired. Many professionals are still feeling the carry-over from the pandemic. Some find it difficult to focus due to global uncertainty and wars underway overseas. And some of us are cognitively stretched, given how much work we need to get through.
So this week here is a question for you: how can you progress your strategy execution and implement your plan, while at the same time helping others with their own sense of overload?
My tip for this week:
The truth is, you can get more cut through and more support from others, if you make things easier for them. Make it quick and easy for those around you to authorize recommendations, provide their input, make decisions, take on projects.
To reduce information overload, structure your information clearly. When you delegate instructions, ask for input or give recommendations:
- start with a brief summary of what you’re asking.
- if it is very complicated, consider chunking it into different “asks” – or separate decisions – at different points in time.
- when you have a list of reasons, causes or other points, provide no more than 3 or 4 items (absolute maximum of 5!). I aim to limit my weekly newsletter tips to 3-4 (there are only 3 points in this list…. I have many more tips on this topic, and will provide these another time.)
Rationale for lists of 3-4 items:
Traditional wisdom (Miller’s Law, 1956) showed that we could recall a “magic number of 5 plus or minus two”. I think this is why telephone numbers were historically limited to 7 digits, grouped by area codes. (I live in Sydney Australia and this seems to be an exception where we have 8 digits!)
More recently, this magic number of 5 was refuted by neuroscience studies which show that in fact most human brains can only recall 3-4 items (Cowan et al 2010). So don’t forget to structure your information for your stakeholders to make things easy for them.
I’ll dive deeper into “Six secrets to stakeholder success” on December 12th 8-9am AEDT (11th if you’re in the US). To participate, join the Turbocharge membership at the price of a coffee a day. This is especially for transformation leaders and innovators who are looking to change their ecosystem. This is NOT about business as usual.
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Case study on governance gone wrong: the answer
Last week I gave an example of governance gone wrong. I was asked by a Finance function to advise on a failing program to implement a digital business model.
Symptoms of failure:
- Lack of progress and a failing pilot. Over budget.
- Those involved fragmented and de-energized .
- Lack of clarity amongst steering committee members, and also project resources.
- Business leader focused on BAU troubleshooting.
Recommendations?
The best answer I received was was from Trish Sparrow, Senior Business Analyst in Texas. Trish pointed out that we needed to address ownership and accountability on the part of steering committee and project sponsors, and a risk assessment. I gifted Trish the participation in a free group coaching session in the Turbocharge membership for sharing her ideas. Well done Trish!
To bring the project back on track this is what I recommended (3 points only):
- Get someone to represent the busy business leader on the steering committee and in key project meetings. You can’t run an initiative to implement a new digital business model without business expertise.
- Focus the project meetings on solving the key issues, and escalate to the steering committee meetings. If they had done this, they would realise that the pilot was failing as they were guessing at the solution. Move from guesswork to precision. Get customer feedback.
- Change the program manager – they had insufficient business acumen to pick up on the issues and ensure key players had clarity. Also they had insufficient change management awareness on how to navigate decision gridlock and inertia. The initiative needed a program manager with a multi disciplinary approach: business, change, project management, and understanding of workplace culture.
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Clients, partners and sponsors
As we approach the year end, you’ll be wondering how to take things up a notch in 2024.
Research reveals that a lack of Strategic Thinking skills prevents middle managers from participating fully in Strategy Activation, and this can impact on their Promotability to senior roles. My talented colleagues, Tamar Altbeker and Dr Norman Chorn have designed a program to enhance strategic thinking and boost promotability. For more info, contact tamar@thebambootree.com.au and mention my name.
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Quote of the week
“Magic lies beyond our fears”. Suzanne Mercier, Leadership Coach, in writing about getting outside our comfort zone.
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Besides this free newsletter, I also offer the Turbocharge membership at the price of a coffee a day.
Keep turbocharging, keep growing 😊🌱📈
PSS Not sure how to get your strategy unstuck, projects powering, and transformation turbocharged? I can help you.
- Get your question answered free. How: Email me – I answer your questions in these newsletters.
- Discuss your question with me and other global transformation leaders, in our monthly Zoom group coaching sessions. How: Join Turbocharge Your Transformation membership.
- Plan your next project in 1on1 mentoring sessions with me. How: Simply reply to this email.
If you’re interested in
#strategyexecution,
#digitaltransformation,
#changemanagement…
* Don’t miss out. Subscribe to my personal weekly email to your inbox here.
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About Lisa Carlin
As a strategy execution specialist and scaleup mentor, Lisa works with ambitious digital leaders to turbocharge their transformation and business planning. Lisa’s clients have an independent sounding board and expert advice so they have absolute confidence they WILL ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. Lisa is Co-Founder and Director of FutureBuilders Group of organisational development specialists, and volunteers as Chair of the University of Cape Town Australia Trust. Her early career was with Accenture (South Africa) and McKinsey (USA).
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Take your strategy execution to the next level with the essential ingredient of project governance. This will cultivate accountability, engagement, and overall success.
I was reluctant to put governance as the subject of this email. The fact is, governance is not sexy. Yet project governance is an essential ingredient for strategy execution success.
Governance is glue for getting things done.
Governance generates traction.
Strategy execution governance (OR project governance OR execution architecture) is the set up of your implementation to ensure accountability, generate engagement and overall success. It includes how you design committees, working groups, meetings, and reports to make the best decisions, in the best way. Done properly, project governance is much more than a project management tool.
Tips for the week
When you next gear up for implementation of an initiative, ask consider these questions:
- What set up is likely generate the most optimal business outcome?
- How do you best establish the execution to deliver behavioural change?
- How can your governance reduce risk and optimize innovation?
- What governance is best suited to the workplace culture and organizational maturity?
I can promise you from working on over 50 implementations, that execution architecture makes the difference between failure and success. If you want to dive deeper, join our discussion on Zoom on 28 November, 8-9am AEDT. $99 USD per month, cancel anytime. Join the Turbocharge community here. You can claim your $99 back within 14 days if you don’t get value.
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Case study
Here’s an example of governance gone wrong. I was once asked by a Finance function to advise on a failing program that they were very concerned about.
Program overview:
An initiative to implement a new digital business model.
Symptoms of failure:
- Lack of progress. Over budget.
- Failing pilot, not sure why.
- Those involved fragmented and de-energized .
- Lack of clarity amongst steering committee members.
- Lack of clarity amongst project resources.
- Business leader focused on BAU troubleshooting.
Recommendations?
What governance elements do you think could help bring this program back on track? Email me by end of the week, and I’ll publish the best answer next week, and let you know what I recommended.
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Clients, partners and sponsors
Here’s an insightful newsletter I’m reading: Work3, weekly news, practical guides and features to prepare for the future of work.
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Quote of the week
“The outside world only sees the most dramatic event, rather than all the work that preceded it.”. James Clear, Atomic Habits
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In the spirit of generosity, please share this with others who will benefit.
Keep turbocharging, keep growing 😊🌱📈
PSS Not sure how to get your strategy unstuck, projects powering, and transformation turbocharged? I can help you.
- Get your question answered free. How: Email me – I answer your questions in these newsletters.
- Discuss your question with me and other global transformation leaders, in our monthly Zoom group coaching sessions. How: Join Turbocharge Your Transformation membership.
- Plan your next project in 1on1 mentoring sessions with me. How: Simply reply to this email.
If you’re interested in
#strategyexecution,
#digitaltransformation,
#changemanagement…
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About Lisa Carlin
As a strategy execution specialist and scaleup mentor, Lisa works with ambitious digital leaders to turbocharge their transformation and business planning. Lisa’s clients have an independent sounding board and expert advice so they have absolute confidence they WILL ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. Lisa is Co-Founder and Director of FutureBuilders Group of organisational development specialists, and volunteers as Chair of the University of Cape Town Australia Trust. Her early career was with Accenture (South Africa) and McKinsey (USA).
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You can apply the Turbocharge Approach to supercharge your sales growth, digital transformation, restructures, culture change, change management, and more. Here it is applied to ESG implementation.
Read the ESG strategy paper here.
Background on the paper
Attention on ESG is growing amongst executives and board members, echoing the voices of shareholders, staff, and customers alike.
I’m pleased that John Colvin, CEO of Colvin Consulting, former Partner of Heidrick and Struggles chose to publish my paper last week: ESG Strategy Execution: 3 Steps for Success. I’ve known John for over 20 years, since he was a client when he was CEO of one of Australia’s largest law firms. John has a special focus on ESG and we collaborate in areas of mutual interest.
In the paper, I apply the Turbocharge Approach to implementing ESG within your organisation. It explores how to infuse ESG into your company’s cultural DNA, a critical task often underestimated, and offers a three-step framework for implementing with precision, momentum, and traction. In essence, it serves as a compass for navigating ESG strategy execution.
One tip on ESG implementation
One tip on ESG implementation (which applies to any public strategy)
Ensure your public-facing ESG strategy is aligned with your internal workplace culture, otherwise you can generate significant scepticism and reputational damage amongst staff and the public.
Read the ESG strategy paper here.
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Clients, partners and sponsors
Does your business provide digital products where it is hard for your customers to learn how to use them quickly? I find that getting up and running with some products can be frustrating, so this is an exciting new offer.
HowToo is an online platform for mid to large sized organizations that need to onboard customers at scale. HowToo delivers customer orientation 10x faster to combat churn. This is unlike alternatives such as disjointed videos, clunky instruction manuals and costly manual training. HowToo makes it easy for you to create, share and track intuitive, branded customer education, because it was designed by behavioural science specialists.
To find out more, contact Lisa Rodgers on lrodgers@howtoo.co and mention my name.
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Keep turbocharging, keep growing 😊🌱📈
PSS Not sure how to get your strategy unstuck, projects powering, and transformation turbocharged? I can help you.
- Get your question answered free. How: Email me – I answer your questions in these newsletters.
- Discuss your question with me and other global transformation leaders, in our monthly Zoom group coaching sessions. How: Join Turbocharge Your Transformation membership.
- Plan your next project in 1on1 mentoring sessions with me.How: Simply reply to this email.
If you’re interested in
#strategyexecution,
#digitaltransformation,
#changemanagement…
* Don’t miss out. Subscribe to my personal weekly email to your inbox here.
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About Lisa Carlin
As a strategy execution specialist and scaleup mentor, Lisa works with ambitious digital leaders to turbocharge their transformation and business planning. Lisa’s clients have an independent sounding board and expert advice so they have absolute confidence they WILL ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. Lisa is Co-Founder and Director of FutureBuilders Group of organisational development specialists, and volunteers as Chair of the University of Cape Town Australia Trust. Her early career was with Accenture (South Africa) and McKinsey (USA).
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80% of us suffer from information overload. This is why I aim to help leaders and innovators stay on top of strategy execution.
I’m writing to you today in sympathy with your cognitive burden. We’re being exposed to around 7,000 advertisements per day, and 80% of us are suffering from information overload (Forbes and OpenText surveys).
This is why I aim to make it easy for business leaders and innovators to stay on top of the latest in strategy execution. To apply future-focused trends to accelerate your projects and change.
Besides this free resources, I also offer the Turbocharge membership at the price of a coffee a day. (That’s one out of your 7,000 adverts a day quota. 😊)
Digest of last month’s topics
This week, I’m pleased to provide you with a digest of last month’s topics. This is to reduce your information overload, and in case you missed any useful ideas that will fast track your work.
Energize your work through personal purpose
Unlocking the power of AI for strategy execution, change management and project management
How to successfully implement a restructure
Access all previous newsletters here.
My favourite quote of the week
“When people believe in you, prove them right. When they doubt you, prove them wrong.” Adam Grant’s newsletter, Granted.
PSS Not sure how to get your strategy unstuck, projects powering, and transformation turbocharged? I can help you.
- Get your question answered free.How: Email me – I answer your questions in these newsletters.
- Discuss your question with me and other global transformation leaders, in our monthly Zoom group coaching sessions. How: Join Turbocharge Your Transformation membership.
- Plan your next project in 1on1 mentoring sessions with me.How: Simply reply to this email.
If you’re interested in
#strategyexecution,
#digitaltransformation,
#changemanagement…
* Subscribe to my personal weekly email to your inbox here.
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About Lisa Carlin
As a strategy execution specialist and scaleup mentor, Lisa works with ambitious digital leaders to turbocharge their transformation and business planning. Lisa’s clients have an independent sounding board and expert advice so they have absolute confidence they WILL ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. Lisa is Co-Founder and Director of FutureBuilders Group of organisational development specialists, and volunteers as Chair of the University of Cape Town Australia Trust. Her early career was with Accenture (South Africa) and McKinsey (USA).
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An essential part of turbocharging your strategy execution, project management, and transformation is to build turbocharged project teams. Here are 3 quick tips:
An essential part of turbocharging your strategy execution is to build turbocharged project teams. Here are 3 quick tips: - Get the right mix of resources on your team. Sounds obvious but sadly I still see so many project/program teams not resourced for success. At a minimum there are 4 ingredients for execution success: inject sufficient knowledge of the business outcomes (this includes subject matter expertise), project management (knowledge of how to get things done at scale) and change management skills (how to build momentum), plus an understanding of how to make things happen in your culture.
- Meet up in person weekly if possible, co-locate if feasible. I’m a big fan of hybrid working, WFH, WFA but also know a special magic happens when teams co-locate together. I remember moving a dispersed team into the same “war room” instead of opposite ends of the building, and the energy level and productivity skyrocketed. In our final “retrospective” (an agile term for a debrief), a few of the team said that was the best moment of the project.
- Do social things for team bonding. Eating a meal together regularly, doing an activity (I don’t mind lawn bowls, which we have in Australia). If your team is in different cities or countries, I’ve found there are some excellent activities you can arrange online.
These tips are a small taste of what you can access to stay relevant. To accelerate more, join Turbocharge Your Transformation membership. We will be diving into this topic more in the coming months.
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Here’s to your transformation success. 😊
PSS Not sure how to get your strategy unstuck, projects powering, and transformation turbocharged? I can help you.
- Get your question answered free.How: Email me – I answer your questions in these newsletters.
- Discuss your question with me and other global transformation leaders, in our monthly Zoom group coaching sessions. How: Join Turbocharge Your Transformation membership.
- Plan your next project in 1on1 mentoring sessions with me.How: Simply reply to this email.
If you’re interested in
#strategyexecution,
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About Lisa Carlin
As a strategy execution specialist and scaleup mentor, Lisa works with ambitious digital leaders to turbocharge their transformation and business planning. Lisa’s clients have an independent sounding board and expert advice so they have absolute confidence they WILL ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. Lisa is Co-Founder and Director of FutureBuilders Group of organisational development specialists, and volunteers as Chair of the University of Cape Town Australia Trust. Her early career was with Accenture (South Africa) and McKinsey (USA).
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