November 28, 2006

How to sound like an executive

  • Whenever someone throws out an idea, say “Interesting idea, but is it actionable?”
  • Whenever someone suggests changing a process, say “I like the concept, but how do we measure success?”
  • When your team starts a new project, say “We need to be clear what ‘Done’ means for this project”
    • You can also say “What are the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for this project?”

update, with some inspiration from PierG

  • On a new project: “What’s the ROI for that?”
  • “What synergies can we leverage?”
  • “this is nice, but where’s the WOW!?”

1 Comment »

  1. Funny: to me it sounds also like a consultant :)
    PierG
    http://pierg.wordpress.com

    Comment by PierG — November 28, 2006 @ 5:53 pm

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