I love the saying “keep the big things, the big things”. Pick your 3 big rocks, your non negotiables and hit that. The rest will be fine.

When working under tight deadlines, it's essential to manage both immediate tasks and long-term strategic goals. Focus on tasks with the highest impact, delegate smartly, and maintain clear communication with your team. Break down the project into smaller steps and use automation to optimize time. Regularly check progress to ensure it aligns with your strategic objectives, and remain adaptable while keeping the bigger picture in mind. Key steps: ?? Focus on high-impact tasks. ?? Delegate wisely. ?? Create smaller, manageable steps. ?? Automate tasks where possible. ?? Regularly assess alignment with strategic goals.

To ensure strategic goals aren't sidelined it's crucial to align all and keep all key stakeholders in the loop, tracking of goals should be done weekly monthly quarterly half year and full year. This ensures the goals are being monitored and monitored with a view of successful outcomes occuring. There must be highly effective communication between all stakeholders that ensures clarity of purpose and has 2 way response and communication abilities withing the channel used.

To ensure strategic goals aren't sidelined under tight project deadlines, prioritize clear communication and alignment from the outset. Establish a thread of strategic objectives that runs through all project tasks and deliverables, ensuring everyone understands how their work contributes to broader goals. Implement agile project management techniques that allow you to break down tasks into manageable sprints, enabling you to adapt quickly while staying focused on the end goals. Encourage collaboration and empower team members by delegating responsibilities effectively, allowing for diverse input and fostering ownership of both project outcomes and strategic alignment. Regularly review progress against strategic objectives during check-ins

During crunch time, it's tempting to focus on immediate tasks which often derails a more strategic approach. To keep strategic goals in focus, I suggest: - Do a strategy check for each decision, "How does this align with our overarching objectives" - Establish some non-negotiables. These are core strategic elements that cannot be compromised. These serve as anchors and keep alignment strategic. - Finally, culture is important. Establish a culture of strategic thinking by regularly discussing long term, big picture goals. This keeps the big picture alive during day-to-day chaos.