Description

In this episode, I discuss the tendency some people and teams have to become too fancy about the approach they use to achieve a goal.  The approach can get in the way of the progress they want to make often as a result of:

• Becoming too complex
  
• Getting lost in the approach
  
• Failing to bring people with them
  
• Struggling to prioritise and make decisions
  

I talk about four things you can do to help support yourself when thinking about the approach:

• Clarity of objective, understanding of the start point, and specific on what next.
  
• Working out the basics and do them brilliantly
  
• Importance of MI - what questions are you looking to satisfy. When it comes to MI, because you can doesn’t mean you should
  
• Start the approach small then, potentially expand
  

As always I'm interested in any comments you have - please drop me a line to damian@effectivechallenge.com  If you have found this useful and can think of someone else who might appreciate it, I'd be really grateful if you could share with them.