Strategic thinking is the first thing a new manager runs out of — your team has about 20% of their time left for your projects.
You set two goals for the quarter. Everyone works hard. The goals still slip, and it was never effort.
In this episode of The Leader's Mindset, Jason LeDuc sits down with Lisa Woodruff — who just finished a PhD on the invisible load and leadership in the home, and is the founder of Organize 365 and the author of Escaping Quicksand — to put numbers on the work nobody sees and nobody counts.
What you'll learn:
- Where a workweek actually goes: 20-40% in email and meetings, 20-40% in the job description, and only 15-20% left for the projects you measure everyone against
- Why contingency planning beats time-management planning, and why doing both is what gets work finished
- The question to ask instead of "why isn't this done?" — and why the answer usually surprises the manager
- Delegation techniques that hand over whole outcomes instead of single tasks, plus the new manager tips that come with them
- The move from tactical to strategic thinking, and where most leaders get stuck on it
- Why every executive, founder and single person with no kids ends up running a household system sooner than they think
How to reach Lisa Woodruff:Book: Escaping Quicksand: https://a.co/d/03jDP4fp Website: https://organize365.com/Podcast: https://organize365.com/category/365-podcast/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisawoodruff/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/organize365/How to reach Jason LeDuc:Email: info@leducleadership.comWebsite: https://www.leducleadership.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership
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