A difficult transition I’ve noticed for my clients is going from doing the work to defining the work. At the start of a project, the goals are murky, ownership is murky, and there’s very little alignment or clarity. One of my clients said he didn’t like that, and wanted things to be defined with clear ownership before he started. And I told him that his next step as a leader was to dive into the murkiness, and create that definition and clarity, rather than wait for it to be handed to him. ”
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“Creating clarity is a completely different skill from delivering success on a clearly defined project. It involves those so-called “soft skills” of influence, empathy and collaboration so that you can understand what others are seeking, and define a path forward that satisfies the relevant stakeholders. With another client who wanted to build those soft skills, we realized the way forward for him was to commit to one of these murky areas, and figure out what he needed to do to move things forward – it would be messy, but only by diving in would he develop the relevant skills in practice. ”
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“So what can you do to help to create clarity in your working environment? Who can you partner with? What have you seen senior leaders do to create clarity and alignment? ”
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