How to Be Awesome at Your Job 939: How to Waste Less Time on Meetings…and Spend More Time on Strategy with Rich Horwath
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Feb 26, 2024 Rich Horwath shares insights on being strategic, cutting through busywork, and making time for strategy. Learn to prioritize effectively, improve meeting efficiency, and focus on high-impact tasks. Discover the importance of relationship building, task batching, and personal development in achieving business success.
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Strategy Means Time Allocation
- Strategy is about how we allocate our time day to day, not just what's in presentations.
- Great strategies focus as much on what to avoid as what to do for maximum impact.
Expanding Strategy Outside Core
- A leader at a medical device company expanded their focus beyond heart devices to a new disposal service for general surgery.
- This initiative grew into a $100 million national business, showing the power of thinking outside the traditional scope.
Strategy Requires Daily Fitness
- Strategy needs consistent practice like physical fitness, not a once-a-year event.
- Daily strategic thinking and learning drive ongoing value and prevent siloed work.