
Great teams need great players, great coaches and a game plan.
A game plan? Go figure. You need a strategy for accomplishing your objectives?
You need a plan for winning? No, DUH! You sure do.
Imagine a team without a game plan. Let’s use the Browns for
an example. Players take the field and get ready for the opening kick-off, the
referee signals to start the clock and we are underway. BUT with no plan, no
one knows what to do, where to go, what their role is, who they’re supposed to
cover, where they’re supposed to run – basically you have total chaos. Not
exactly a winning strategy. And you know what they say, “If you don’t know
where you are going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else!” You need one plan,
one playbook, everyone singing from the same page and the flexibility to make
changes to stay on target.
It’s the same for your business. What’s your plan? Have you
shared it with your team members? Does everyone know where the business is
headed? Do they all know their specific roles in your forward progress? Do you have
buy in from everyone? Do you have a good system of communication to let your
team know of any changes to the plan? Do you have checks and balances to track
how the plan is working? Do you have the flexibility to change the plan if it’s
veering you off course?
Repeat – great teams need great players, great coaches and a
game plan. Make sure that your team knows what goal to aim for – because if you
aim at nothing, it’s a sure hit every time.
Posted by MJ Thomas
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