The Strategist’s Playbook: Leadership Lessons from Nehemiah
Stability is being tested everywhere—and strong leadership matters more than ever. In this new series, discover timeless leadership lessons from Nehemiah on dependability, empathy, and courage. Learn how character, collaboration, and action can help you lead through change and build what lasts.
Part 3: Goals and Teamwork
Once you know your destination (vision) and have set guiding principles (strategies), you need to specify action steps for stakeholders to take. Your team should be clear on what their responsibilities are, how they are to do it, when they should be done, and how they know when they have been achieved. Here is a familiar and simple formula to help us remember how to define effective goals. They should be SMART.
Part 2: STRATEGIES ARE YOUR MAP
Vision, strategy, and goals are three very distinct components. They are all a part of the whole but stand alone in their function. To arrive at a specified location, you need a map (the strategy). They require thoughtfulness, teamwork, and developing specific action steps. While each part is important, no one element alone will help you realize your vision. Each is dependent on the other.