I recently came across an article on what we could learn from U.S. Presidents. Well, you could no doubt write a book … and in all fairness I see Part One: What to Do, and then Part Two: What Not to Do.
So each of us would do well to pay attention to the following list of Simple Rules. After all, the complexity around us - particularly when it comes to increased globalization and shifting social, economic, and political winds - brings choices and opportunity along with challenges and uncertainty. These rules are borrowed liberally from that online article and the source book, Winning the Long Game: How Strategic Leaders Shape the Future by Steven Krupp and Paul J.H. Schoemaker.
The last two rules are my own, and should probably head the list. What do you think?
- Anticipate change.
- Challenge convention.
- Interpret signals.
- Decide with conviction.
- Align stakeholders.
- Learn from failure.
- Act with intention.
- Do no harm.