Monday, February 2, 2009

Strategy Execution - in verse!

Limericks and haiku. Who knew?

There once was a leader inept
Who laughed while his teammates all wept
Their goals not aligned
He missed all the signs
And the team? They all left while he slept.

Follow the framework
Forget not nor ignore risk
And success will come.

It is easier
To plan what you want to do
than to get it done.

Mitigation of risk is the goal
When you survey and measure each role
Try to note all the schemes
That could fracture your team 
Or your efforts will slide down the hole.

If it's different results that you need
You must plant the behavioral seed
With clear reinforcement 
And gentle endorsement
There is no doubt your plans will succeed.

He got to the red zone so fast
The rest of the team couldn't last
He forgot what he learned
About "leaders get burned"
When the team that he's leading has crashed!

A goal focused team
Concentrates every action
On the end result.

RedZone Consulting
is the perfect length for the
start of a haiku.

And also for it's end.

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