I am impressed with the simplicity and challenge of the five questions. Thinking about my own work I felt a need to dig deeper into my understanding of how my work contributes to the total organization.

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If you’d like to know for sure whether your strategy is understood and can be executed, try testing your team’s ability to discuss the big picture. You can start by setting a standard for what you mean by “getting the big picture.” For example, you could say that if every employee in your organization could answer 5-10 questions about the strategy and sound like their own manager and their immediate teammates, then they “get the big picture.” Conversely, if they can’t answer the questions consistently, it is a measure of being out of touch with the context in which the business is being run. This works at every level from a front-line team all the way up to the C-suite. If you sound like your boss and your peers, you’re golden; if not, you’re likely out of sync. Read more at www.greatleadershipbydan.com

Another look at reflection. This post by Tanveer Naseer provides questions to guide your reflection. Whatever method you choose, it is the practice of reflection that is most important.

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While leaders use the end of the year to focus on developing plans for what they need to achieve in the new year, it’s also important that they not lose sight of the lessons learned over the course of the previous one. Indeed, the successes and failures incurred over the past twelve months can provide a wealth of insights that can help leaders chart a clearer path towards their organization’s goals, provided that they take the time to reflect and review on what came out of these past outcomes. Read more at www.tanveernaseer.com