{"id":588,"date":"2012-06-01T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T19:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2020779.sites.myregisteredsite.com\/blog\/?p=588"},"modified":"2012-06-01T15:23:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T19:23:00","slug":"commit-explode-recover-a-winning-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/commit-explode-recover-a-winning-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Commit, explode, recover \u2013 a winning strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Walsh, who coached the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl championships, had a simple strategy for winning. He felt that his football team needed to follow a cycle of “commit<\/em><\/strong>, explode<\/em><\/strong>, recover<\/em><\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

To win in football or in business, a team must commit to a plan of attack, execute it, and then react to the results. A team crippled by indecisiveness will just cause individual efforts to flounder.<\/p>\n

Winning starts with a process of listening, understanding, and considering input from diverse points of view. The next step \u2013 deciding and committing to a plan of attack — comes after everyone on the team understands every point of view and the issues, their relative importance, and potential responses.<\/p>\n

Once the team commits<\/em><\/strong> to that plan of attack, they develop specific action plans, the plays in football. Commitment includes clear, personal accountability for specific actions and results.<\/p>\n

The team then explodes<\/em><\/strong> — everyone executes with passion, without hesitation, with full personal commitment. Individuals and teammates hold each other personally accountable for execution.<\/p>\n

The next step in the cycle is to recover<\/em><\/strong>, i.e. to respond and react. As German military strategist Helmuth von Moltke is often quoted, \u201cNo battle plan survives contact with the enemy.\u201d For a football team, every play is a learning experience because it provides an opportunity to refine the plan.<\/p>\n

The same holds true in business. Strategic planning is the process that enables companies to sustain a winning cycle of commit<\/em><\/strong>, explode<\/em><\/strong>, and react<\/em><\/strong>. Establishing an aggressive implementation process is an essential part of your strategic planning. Your senior team should be prioritizing today\u2019s actions based on a clear, shared visualization of what products and markets they want to be part of the company\u2019s future within five years.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in having a facilitated strategic planning meeting that moves you from concept to tangible implementation, check out our service offerings <\/a>online, contact us by email<\/a>, or better yet, give us a call at (800) 207-8192 to arrange for a complementary consultation to determine if you are ready for strategic planning and if our program is right for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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