How to recognize a starving strategy

If strategy is the engine, culture is the fuel.

Fine-tuning the mechanics of your operation won’t get you anywhere with a tank on “E”.

We would laugh a racecar driver off the track if they claimed that winning was essential but gas was optional.

So why don’t we question leaders who claim that profitability is essential but culture is optional?

Culture feeds the machine.

If you ignore what goes in…you won’t be able to ignore what comes out:

These are the symptoms of a starving strategy.

Highly-effective leaders know optimal performance can’t be achieved with cultural deficit.

Rather than spending more time perfecting your strategy, build a culture that’s capable of achieving it.