Developing Your Team | Lead with focus and confidence.

What do we do well?

This question drives at determining the strengths of the organization. Strengths are a key piece to the puzzle of your organization. Strengths should not only be identified and understood but built upon as return on investment is typically high. While individuals may give varying answers on your organization’s strengths based on perspective, you will likely find strong and accurate trends from the group.

Where do we need to improve?

This question gets after the organization’s weaknesses. Weaknesses are also key to understanding trouble areas that you may need to give attention to early in your new job. While you can assume some risk in some areas of weaknesses, you will need to use judgment on which areas need attention in the near term versus which areas can wait.

What should I focus on first?

One can look at this question and sense that the one asking the question is either clueless or incompetent. However, the value of this question is that it drives after a greater question of “How can I help your department?” or “What is your greatest need?”. It provides the people in your departments with a chance to provide input. Gaining input from your team allows your people to be heard and provide their opinions.

Why 90 days?

90 days may seem like a long time to transition into a job that you may only be doing for one to two years. This 90-day plan doesn’t have you sitting back for three months. In fact, with this plan, you’ll be making a positive change in your organization one month into the job.