The Secret to a Great Planning Process — Lessons From Airbnb and Eventbrite
added by Ted Glasnow and · updated 3mo ago
added by Ted Glasnow and · updated 3mo ago
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Planning is hard because it's inherently different from other exercises your organization takes on . Rather than focusing on day-to-day execution, it requires a large number of people to think about a variety of possible futures, align on one single future, and then plot a concrete course to get there. Taking this on for your own personal goals (f
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Pinpoint your highest-impact bets, then go all in. Bold ideas need bold resourcing.
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With thoughtfulness and shared effort, the plan will come together and be ready to share with the entire company. This should be a moment of celebration. With the help of all of the leaders across the organization, and with all of the information at your disposal, you’ve come up with the best possible plan. Share the vision, the strategy, and the e
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Get people excited: If you’re enthusiastic about the plan, help them see why. Give people a reason to get excited.
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Listen: Make sure to genuinely listen to concerns and red flags. Though it may sound like complaining, the fact that people care is a good sign. Most times teams on the ground can identify major flaws in a plan much more quickly than Leadership.
Simon Joliveau Breney added 3mo ago
The five essentials ingredients to any company strategy document are:
Mission - What are you meant to achieve
Vision - What does it look like once you’ve achieved it
Goal - How do you concretely know you’ve achieved it
Strategy - What is the path to achieving it
Strategic pillars - Three to five key bets that the company needs to make
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