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 What are the key roles you want to have and the people you want in those
roles.

 Who gets to report to you?
 The magic number is 9. After nine people, there are prima facie too many

reports.

Our research has shown that there are five key "strategic leadership functions" that
need to be performed in any organization2:

 Vision and strategy: What is our vision for the business and our strategy
 Culture: What are the values that are important in our business
 Operations: Responsibility for day to day operations
 Systems: What systems are needed to support our operations?

Work Evaluation

The next step is to evaluate the work you and your team are doing. This the Jack
Welsh approach of "workout"-- meaning get work out of the organization:

1) Why do we do what we do? Is it necessary?
2) When and how do we do it?

a. Timing and
b. Mode (i.e., meetings)

3) How should it be done going forward?

Planning

The now famous John Wooden Quote is relevant here: "Failing to plan is planning to
fail." Planning must to become a way of life. Specifically, what is the plan for the:

 Year
 Month
 Week
 Day

2 Eric Flamholtz, (2011) "The Leadership Molecule Hypothesis: Implications for Entrepreneurial
Organizations," International Review of Entrepreneurship. Volume 9, Issue no. 3, pp. 1-23

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