What does it mean being strategic?

At Some point during my career, I realized that I lost some transformational changes and product battles because I was ignorant of the large business or marketing considerations that informed transformations, product dev and every execution aspects.

I used tools, flexed them, Workshop engineering, lead product teams and sometimes pitch ideas - yet I can remember times when none of this served me. Why? I didn't have the whole picture.

I struggle sometimes to find a clear answers to someone asks: "What is your contribution to what the business do, to our customer and to our strategy?".

I felt the pain to align my work and what I am doing with my company strategic goals and with what the others are doing.

This pain gave me a huge motivation to level up my skills in Strategy, marketing and business. I draw a line in the sand:"I need to speak the business language to create positive impactful changes."

I enrolled in a lot of courses, I read books and I applied what I learned to what I am doing. I start thinking strategically and speak the language of business.

I start leading by impact on our business, teams and value to our customers.

Being strategic for me is to think big-picture, means to connect the work you do with the work of somebody else, or to connect your project goal with a higher business goal.

And you? Do you support your team being strategic? Do you connect what you do with a bigger business goals?