Why is less sometimes more?! In a new Harvard Business Review article, Dorie Clark reasons that most people realise that having too many goals is counter-productive. However, they nevertheless find it very difficult to prioritise. She provides four tips, such as ensuring goals are linked to overall vision. Click here to read more.
We believe, when facilitating strategic development and change processes with organisations, that it is important to help distil the essence of strategy to one page. We call this a ‘SOAP’ (Strategy On A Page). Please contact us if you’d like to see examples. Often keeping in mind the power of three, for communication purposes is helpful. For instance, having three overarching and compelling strategic goals is often more memorable and likely to be achieved than having too many. We would usually recommend avoiding having more than five.
This year we are announcing an exciting initiative! We will be making available, to our wider Caplor Community – including all those that receive these updates – a series of webinars in 2020. You are all very welcome. There will be four this year.
The Community Webinars will be focused on:
Cross cultural communication (13/03)
Inspiration from our forthcoming book, including how to gain most learning from it (‘The Change Maker’s Guide to New Horizons: Organising Differently for Sustainable Futures’) (09/06)
Gender balance and feminist principles (23/09)
Strategy development (08/12).
Each webinar will be for 1.5 hours. We will use zoom (and explain how to use it for those who have never tried it before). We will provide more details, and promote the particular webinars, nearer the time. Hopefully lots of you will be interested to join.
We’re delighted to share that Sharon (Turnbull), a very long standing Advisor, will lead on these. Sharon is a professor of leadership and has been practically engaged with a very wide variety of Caplor Horizons activities since the outset. Each webinar will include a short presentation which will involve other people as well as Sharon. There will be lots of opportunity for participants to learn and reflect from each other. Contact Lorna, Rosie or Ian if you have any queries of suggestions. Thank you
The Gambia: here are some pictures from recent days. Many thanks to Denise (Mulligan) and David (Coates) who were with Rosie. This was the latest phase of our ongoing programme with United Purpose with marketing groups from across the country led by women.
Helen Keller quote: ‘when one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us’
Have a great weekend,
Lorna, Rosie and Ian