Inside ResultMaps: February 2021
2020 has every CEO rethinking execution and how they handle the strategy-execution gap. We see more CEOs move away from old forms of command-and-control (and the silos it creates) so that they can thrive into 2021 and beyond.
One of the most frequently asked questions we get is how exactly can you do that? How do teams thrive without walls and silos? This month’s roundup brings you a few glimpses.
From the Product Team:
Found: The missing column on process + project boards
Stay focused on results by taking a page from Spotify’s playbook. Add a “result realized” column to any process or board.
It’s part of our standard templates now, and it takes your teams out of busywork traps and pushes them to come up with and take calculated risks. And that really means they add value that counts, and you grow faster.
From the Product Team:
Better decisions + confident flow
Every Saturday and Sunday, we see spikes in use of the Day Plan and the Week Plan. It’s a reminder that accountability and execution are products of decision making and clarity. And this clarity is critical to CEOS, managers, and the digital frontline.
We’re excited to announce even more help so you can create and protect that clarity. Because that means you can make better decisions faster and with confidence. And that really means aligned execution, faster.
We’ve made it easier and faster to shift contexts while maintaining focus. Now your Day Plan shifts modes in a click. The modes: organize, decide, prioritize, schedule, and act.
Get things off your plate and into the right place, right time with the right person.
Guided helpers are available whether you want your team to examine an idea, talk about a need to improve, or simply get a blog idea into a publishing process.
Learn more in the latest by clicking here.
From Rethinking Execution conversations: Stephen Bungay
Why do some leaders create high-trust, high-motivation, and high-accountability cultures? And how do they do it? We discuss this and more in our latest episode of Rethinking Execution.
We speak with the brilliant former Boston Consulting Group partner / influential author Stephen Bungay of the Strategic Management Centre on the discoveries he made about the Art of Action. Stephen's observations and ideas influence teams as diverse as Spotify and Mercedes Formula 1.
2021 Strategic Planning Workshop from Unstoppable
Our CEO Scott Levy presented to 70 CEOs from all over the world as part of a 2-day Strategic Planning Workshop put on by Unstoppable Strategies—the high-growth advisory firm started by TK Kader after his exit from ToutApp>>Marketo>>Adobe. Scott spoke alongside the financial advisors a16z recommends to help their portfolio companies scale.
Click here for a copy of the slides used in the workshop.
What we’re reading and learning
While reading Stephen Bungay’s The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results (highly recommend), we came across these amazing accounts of how Spotify puts the principles of the book into practice. And we were reminded of another great article from that team that fits with this series. It’s a post on why Spotify limits OKRs (objectives and key results) to the team level and avoids them at individual levels.
Look for more on this in upcoming episodes of Rethinking Execution.