Let’s say you’re a new business unit leader or CMO.
You want to get an unvarnished, 360-degree view of the situation and challenge at-hand. You have to get prepared to give your boss an action plan.
What do you do and how do you do it?
To demonstrate, let’s use a high-profile, global example that just happened. I’ll tell you who it is at the end of the post.
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Here are some of the steps taken by the new leader:
* Invited a range of outside industry experts to a private dinner. They represented views both consistent with, and alternate to, the company’s strategic direction.
* The guests had to earn their meal by commenting on the most pressing problems facing the company. Specifically, they were asked: “Tell me something I don’t know;” and “Give me a new way of thinking about things.”
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