As you go about your daily business, it’s reasonable to assume that you and the members of your team / organization are coming up with a variety of ideas for new things you can do, or how you can do what you are already doing differently, in an effort to improve your products and services. What do you do with these ideas?
How can you manage them so you are working in a proactive posture, rather than a reactive posture?
Here’s one way of managing and sorting through them*:
Record all the current ideas that seem worth further consideration. Run several through this review process and prioritize the ones that pass.
Does the idea support your vision, goals, and values?
Does it fit with your core strengths?
Will the idea make your organization better? How?
To what extent is the organization willing to support the idea and dedicate resources to it?
Would you be personally willing to stake employees’ job and your own to bring the idea to fruition? Is it worth that level of risk?
At your next team meeting, set aside some time to discuss implementation of the most compelling ideas that made it through the review.
Where will it take your organization if you follow through and are successful?
*From Intentional Leadership booklet by Giant Impact.
