🔥 Kill the Fire Drill 🔥
Every organization has them—those “urgent” requests that light up inboxes and hijack calendars. They’re rarely strategic, often reactive, and almost always steal time from meaningful work.
If everything’s a fire drill, then nothing’s a strategy.
Here’s how to kill the fire drill:
1️⃣ Clarify priorities — If it’s not tied to a strategic objective, it’s noise.
2️⃣ Create buffer time — Don’t schedule 100% of your week. Leave room to absorb real priorities.
3️⃣ Coach your team — Teach others to distinguish between urgent and important.
Strategy isn’t about reacting faster. It’s about thinking deeper.
What’s one “fire drill” you could eliminate this week to make space for strategy?
If your team needs practical tools to stop reacting and start thinking strategically, explore the Strategyman Learning System — an engaging, research-backed toolkit to help leaders think, plan, and act strategically every day. www.strategyskills.com/strategyman-learning-system…
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5 January 2012