Put your brilliant business ideas to action. Here are easy to implement leadership actions to get your strategic initiative on track to deliver results.

1. A Roadmap to Results
Leadership Strategies
with Hilary Potts

2. If you are like most leaders, you want to find the easiest and
fastest way to achieving and sustaining results.

3. Ideas to
Action to Results
Brilliant ideas aren’t enough.
Successful strategy execution
requires figuring out how to
enroll and engage your
colleagues to “want” to be
involved in moving the idea to
plans and actions that lead to
results.

4. ‹#›
Challenge #1
Gap Between Strategy
and Action
Business strategies and
project plans pave the way
for the future. We need to
spend as much time on the
implementation plans and
execution of the initiative as
we did in creating the
business strategy.

5. ‹#›
Challenge #2
Frenetic Activity
It’s easy to set unrealistic
expectations and timelines
without thinking about what
else is already underway.
To keep people focused and
working on what matters most,
take a holistic view of what’s
going on to prioritize and
sequence the work activities.

6. ‹#›
Challenge #3
Lack of Alignment
Initiatives fail when
leadership is not in full
agreement or alignment
around the deployment of a
strategy. Speak with
colleagues; discuss the
different scenarios and
options, and come up with
the best way forward.

7. Here’s a Solution…
Develop a Leader
Change
Roadmap
Think of the roadmap as
your blueprint to know
when and how to engage
to keep strategic initiatives
moving forward. Use the
following steps to get
started.

8. 1. Define What’s New & Different
Help people see the future, and
what success looks like. Let
people know the 2-3 things they
need to do that may be new or
different. Identify the specific
actions and be available to
shape new behaviors.

9. What is the Impact
of the Change?
Your business strategy and
solution may be the right thing
to do for the business.
However, if people run into too
many roadblocks, they can get
overwhelmed and discouraged
before you see results.

10. 2. Understand the Strategic Impact
Assess the business, people,
and organizational impacts.
With this knowledge, you can
develop plans to maximize the
outcome while mitigating the
risk. Use this information to
develop plans to help get buy-
in and commitment.

11. 3. Prioritize & Sequence Activities
Use your team’s time wisely.
Help the team prioritize and
sequence the activities to
assist people in knowing what
to do, when to do it, and how
to carry out the work
effectively and efficiently.

12. 4. Establish Your Leadership Role
People know when something is
important by how you lead the
effort. When a leader is
engaged, their team is engaged.
Use the following behaviors to
lead your next strategic initiative.

13. Change Leadership Behaviors
1.Be visible
2.Communicate
3.Show resilience
4.Remove obstacles
5.Provide feedback

14. Moving Toward Success
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Download the
Leader Change Toolkit
Now…

15. Inside the Toolkit You’ll Find…
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• Ways to Get Prepared to Lead a Significant Change in
Your Organization
• A Framework to Help You Create a Roadmap to
Navigate Business Changes
• Five Change Leader Behaviors You Need to Know to
Lead Your Next Strategic Initiative

16. For more information contact:
Hilary Potts
The HAP Group
www.hilarypotts.com
info@hapgrp.com
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