Pick a Direction

What if you always headed in one direction? What if your entire organization did this?  Where would you be in one year?  Five years?  What if every time you went to make a decision you check it to make sure that it helped move closer to that single point?

Strategic planning can be extremely sophisticated, but this year I’m advocating that you make it extremely simple.  Jim Collins and Jerry Porras call this a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG). Sean Covey and Chris McChesney call them Wildly Important Goals.

This year I’m advocating for something much simpler!  Just pick One Direction!  One Thing!  One Outcome!