How To Talk Strategy
"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been."
— Henry Kissinger
Welcome to the How to Talk Strategy website! The information below is designed to provide managers with quick and immediately useful reference materials to:
the long term goals and short term objectives within your organization.
What do the six words above really mean?
In terms of developing and implementing a particular strategy and/or your organization's strategic business plan, consider the following:
Communicate
Using multiple methods of commuication to share with your staff the long term strategic goals and short term objectives for your organization.
Educate
Let staff know that the work they do every day has an impact on the success of the organization by not only explaining the "what" but also the "why" behind the strategy.
Motivate
Now that your staff has a clear understanding of what the long term goals are for the organization and how they "fit" into the success of those goals, provide them with the information and inspiration to contribute to the organization's success.
Implement
Take a look at step by step tips on topics such as performance data collection and examples from other governments on how to collect, analyze and use performance data.
Celebrate
Once the performance data has been analyzed and put to use, find something to celebrate!
Revise
Strategic business plans can be affected by a number of different factors such as changes to legislation, the economy, internal dynamics and natural disasters, to name a few. Learn how Metro Nashville, as well as other governments, make changes to their organization's strategic business plans to ensure alignment with their current realities.
Many thanks to Bob Behm, who is the author of "Performance Leadership: 11 Better Practices That Can Ratchet Up Performance" and a lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. The framework for the website was inspired by the article "Why Measure Performance?"
