Whether you think big or think small; all add value to a business. Usually, the concept of thinking small is seen as a poor quality in a leader and everyone is encouraged to ‘Think Big!’. It’s wrong- both add so much value. If everyone is a big thinker, you will never get through the detail that you need to deliver the product or service you wish to provide to your customer. If everyone is a detailed thinker, you wouldn’t be able to envision an end goal and make that understandable to others.
A big skill you need to develop as a leader is strategic thinking, and although what you share with others is a high level summary that is easy to digest, you need to do a lot of detailed work. See the image below on the key points to enable a strategy. A key skill that is hugely challenging and takes practice is refining a strategy to the point where it fits on one page and everyone can understand the concept.
When my children talk to me about their plans, they think very short term as they do not understand the concept of time. As bright as my eldest one is, she only understood the word ‘later’ earlier this year at 7.5 years of age. She used to ask me ‘What is later?’ and my little one who is 3.5 doesn’t even ask that, she just says ‘Now!’. It takes a maturity to understand step by step what you need to do to get to the end result, however, impatience can breed innovation and you have to be open minded to both.
So…are you a big thinker or detailed?
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