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next six months. Make four copies of this list, then put these copies
in places where you will see them and read them daily. Each time
you are about to spend more than a half hour on a task, ask your-
self: Does this task fit with my organizational priority list? If the
answer is no, decide whether this task really needs to be done and,
if it does, assign someone else to complete it.

Development Stretches for Everyone

• Develop a two-page document for your area of responsibility.
On the first page, use words and/or graphics to outline the
key elements in your environment. For example, identify the
following: key trends in the industry and the marketplace;
current and future customers and their most critical needs;
the organization’s key products, services, and technologies; a
brief description of the organization’s structure, systems, and
people; and, finally, information about the financial situation.
On the second page, identify your area’s vision, mission
(including for whom you provide work and your value-added
proposition), strategy, goals, and tactics. At the bottom of this
page, add a statement that reflects your Balanced Scorecard;
depending on your role, the scorecard would be for the
organization, the business unit, or the team.
Finally, have someone whom you consider skilled in Know
the Business and Think and Act Strategically provide you with
feedback; make adjustments as needed. Then share this docu-
ment with your boss, the employees who work for you, and
peers with whom you are interdependent. Solicit their feed-
back and make changes as desired.
• Read biographies or watch DVDs that reveal the thought
processes and actions of leaders who mobilized people and
resources to make significant changes in their organizations
(for example, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Rudy Giuliani, and Oprah Winfrey). Write down