December 31st, 2009
Clarity 101: Goals, Vision, Planning…Blah, Blah, Blah
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Will, this is a great post. Thanks for including a link to me in it. I’ll add you to my reader and be checking back often.
Ron Edmondson
And Will, fundamentally, doesn’t this require the acceptance by the leader that both clarity and simplicity is more effective than multiplicity of goals?
And if the leader can’t embrace this, at the gut level, does this not compromise the direction??
Thanks for the link to my blog. You are spot on with this post. Clarity is my guiding word for 2010…and I will be refering back to this post many more time this year.
Let the clarity revolution continue!
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Please change “proceed” and “proceeds” to “precede” and “precedes.” Thank you for this helpful post.
Thanks for your correction Russell!
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