A question to sharpen attention
Kate Christiansen
I make mission-critical transitions easier, less stressful & more successful for leaders, organisations and teams | Complex-change & adaptive performance expert | Award-winning author | Speaker | Facilitator | Mentor
Sometimes we can get locked into a pattern of busy-ness and lose sight of the big picture. Ask this question when you want to open a conversation about priorities and whether there is an opportunity to stop doing activities that are less important.
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Kate Christiansen uses Curly Thinking? to build human momentum behind work that matters when disruption tries to hold us back.
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I sat down and thought about things that made me smile and it changed my mood. That really mattters.
Senior Manager Network Operations @ Folk Maritime | MBA
2 年When we set objectives for the year, normally in January or even in December I see many people saving their files in the folder and revisiting only when it comes to a mid year review. In meantime the day to day operations call for urgent or routine responses and suddenly you see yourself drifting away of what really matters and losing track of your progress from the agreed objectives. My opinion is that you can only focus on what really matters if your are keeping track of your objectives progress and results on a monthly or weekly basis. Everything starts with a SMART objective easy to track.
Board Director | CFO | Finance Executive | Group Controller
2 年Good question, Kate! It gets us think, do, and produce results.
Women in Computing | Mentoring | Coaching start-ups | Consulting
2 年I ask myself this question throughout the day: “Is what I’m doing right now part of my plan and moving me toward my goals”?